TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Neottialges (Caloenectes) vulturis (Dubinin, 1956) (Acari: Hypoderatidae) from the Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) in Italy: first record in Europe, redescription and pathological changes in the host VL - 58 IS - 2 SP - 255 EP - 264 PY - 2018 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - De Liberato, Claudio AU - Magliano, Adele AU - Tancredi, Francesco AU - Eleni, Claudia AU - Posillico, Mario AU - Mironov, Sergey UR - https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20184239 DO - 10.24349/acarologia/20184239 DA - 2018-02-13 ET - 2018-02-13 KW - Neottialges vulturis KW - mites KW - parasites KW - Gyps fulvus KW - Italy AB - Deutonymphs of the astigmatan mite Neottialges (Caloenectes) vulturis (Dubinin, 1956) comb. n. (Astigmata: Hypoderatidae) were found during the anatomo-histopathological study of a Eurasian griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, found dead in Central Italy. After skinning, numerous cystic formations were visible in the subcutaneous tissue of the vulture, each containing a parasitic mite. Microscopically, subcutaneous tissue showed large areas of severe granulomatous inflammation. To our knowledge, this is the first record of this poorly known hypoderatid mite in Europe, about five thousand kilometers west from the type locality in Kirghizstan. The deutonymphal stage of N. (C.) vulturis is redescribed following modern standards of taxonomic description for astigmatan mites. This mite, previously unassigned to a subgenus, is now placed in the subgenus Caloenectes Fain, 1966. ER -