Bat-infesting chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of the Balearic Islands and new data on the genus Trisetica Traub et Evans, 1950 Author Stekolnikov, Alexandr A. Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia; Author Quetglas, Juan Murciélagos y más, Espartinas, Spain text Folia Parasitologica 2019 017 2019-10-18 66 1 10 journal article 10.14411/fp.2019.017 1803-6465 Oudemansidium komareki ( Daniel et Dusbábek, 1959 ) Trombicula ( Leptotrombidium ) komareki – Daniel and Dusbábek (1959) : 421 , figs 1–5. Leptotrombidium komareki – Kepka (1964) : 568 , fig. 4. Myotrombicula komareki – Schluger and Vshivkov (1967) : 912 , figs 9–16. Oudemansidium komareki – Schluger and Vysotzkaja (1970) : 165 ; Kudryashova (1998) : 139 , fig. 99. Chiroptella ( Oudemansidium ) komareki – Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston (1976) : 904 , pl. 261. Leptotrombidium ( Leptotrombidium ) fasciatum – Feider (1968) : 409 , figs 1–4. T y p e d e p o s i t i o n: Holotype 585/ 1 in the Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences , České Budějovice , Czech Republic . D i s t r i b u t i o n: Austria , Bulgaria , Romania , Slovakia , Moldova, Crimea, and Azerbaijan. Here this species is recorded for the first time in Spain . H o s t s: Eptesicus serotinus (Schreber) , Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl) , Myotis myotis (Borkhausen) , Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus), P. austriacus , Pipistrellus pipistrellus ( Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae ), R. ferrumequinum , Rhinolophus hipposideros (Bechstein) ( Chiroptera : Rhinolophidae ), Arvicola terrestris (Linnaeus) ( Rodentia : Cricetidae ). Here this species is recorded for the first time from Pipistrellus kuhlii . In Spain this host species roosts in crevices of buildings, rocks and trees, as well as tree hollows and bat-boxes ( Ibañez 1998 ). M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Seven specimens ( ZIN 11160– 11166 ) ex one Pipistrellus kuhlii (samples 180112-3 and 180112-6), Spain , Menorca, Alaior , bat-box 9, 12 January 2018 , collector J. Quetglas.