The first finding of the snake mite Ophionyssus natricis (Acari: Mesostigmata: Gamasina) in Kazakhstan

Maria V. Orlova, Nikolay V. Anisimov, Kazhmurat Maksutovich Akhmedenov, Anastasia Klenina, Evgeniy Simonov

Acarologia, 2025

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DOI 10.24349/cgbc-bond
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Abstract

Here we report the ectoparasitic snake mite Ophionyssus natricis (Gervais, 1844) collected from the dice snake, Natrix tessellata (Laurenti, 1768) (Reptilia: Colubridae), in Mangystau, Kazakhstan. This is the first record of O. natricis for the country. We also consider some morphological features of the snake mite in the study area.