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Vampirolepis kulkinae n. sp. (Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae) from the common noctule bat Nyctalus noctula (Schreber) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Kazakhstan

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A previously unrecognised species of hymenolepidid cestode attributable to Vampirolepis Spassky, 1954 is described based on specimens from the common noctule bat Nyctalus noctula (Schreber) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from southeastern Kazakhstan (Dzungarian Alatau). Specimens of Vampirolepis kulkinae n. sp. differ from the morphologically similar congeners based on the number, size and shape of the rostellar hooks. The new species is further distinguished from additional cestodes attributed to Vampirolepis (sensu lato) by the arrangement of the testes in one row, egg structure (i.e. thin outer coat and emryophore without polar filaments) and the relative position and length of the cirrus-sac. This is the first species of the genus Vampirolepis described from Kazakhstan.

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Acknowledgements

I wish to thank Dr L.V. Kul’kina who collected cestode specimens from bats in Kazakhstan. I am grateful to Dr Eric P. Hoberg for his comments and checking the English of the manuscript, and, especially, to A. A. Makarikov for substantial help and criticism in preparing this manuscript. I sincerely thank two reviewers for their detailed comments that improved this manuscript.

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The author was supported in part by Federal Fundamental Scientific Research Program for 2013-2020 (VI.51.1.7.) and the Russian Fund for Fundamental Research (Project No. 14-04-00871-a, 17-04-00227-a).

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Makarikova, T.A. Vampirolepis kulkinae n. sp. (Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae) from the common noctule bat Nyctalus noctula (Schreber) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Kazakhstan. Syst Parasitol 95, 105–113 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-017-9768-7

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