I Parassiti dei Pipistrelli (Mammalia, Chiroptera) della Fauna Italiana [The Parasites of Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) of the Italian Fauna]

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Language: Italian

This volume was originally conceived as a chapter of a book on the Italian Chiroptera to be published in the series Fauna d’Italia; but, with the passing of time, it has become too large for the aforesaid book, forcing its author to publish it separately.

It deals with the parasites, viruses excluded, found on or in the 30 species of Chiroptera belonging to the European (Madeira and Azores archipelagos excluded) and Italian fauna, even when collected outside Italy or even Europe. In total c. 756 taxa are briefly treated in this work: 2 Myconta, 3 Acanthocephala, 1 Mallophaga, 2 Anoplura, 11 Heteroptera and c. 37 Neobacteria, 25 “Protozoa”, 55 Cestoda, 105 Digenea, 62 Nematoda, 324 Acari, 65 Diptera and 64 Siphonaptera. Of these 756 taxa, approximately 137 (c. 18%) have already been collected in the so-called “Italian region”, which includes, in addition to Italy, southeastern France (west as far as Nice), Ticino (Switzerland), Istria (Slovenia and Croatia), Corsica (France) and Malta. These include 25 Neobacteria (67.6% of the group), 4 “Protozoa” (16%), 10 Cestoda (18.2%), 20 Digenea (19%), 9 Nematoda (14.5%), 45 Acari (13.9%), 11 Diptera (16.9%), 1 Heteroptera (9.1%) and 12 Siphonaptera (18.8%). Some data on distribution, nomenclature and systematics are original.

The bibliography quotes 1129 papers.

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Biography

Benedetto Lanza (Florence, 1924) graduated in Medicine and Surgery and was formerly an Associated Lecturer in Zoology, Full Professor in General Biology, and Director of the Zoological Museum of the University of Florence. He is a corresponding Member of the Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Basel, a Member of the Accadenzia Lunigianese di Scienze (La Spezia), an Honorary Member of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Societas Herpetologica Italica, Associazione Teriologica Italiana (Association of Italian Mammalogists), and Gruppo Italiano Ricerca Chirotteri (Italian Bat Research Group). He is a Founder Member of the Gruppo Ricerche Scientifiche e Tecniche Subacquee di Firenze (Underwater Scientific and Technical Research Group, Florence). He has participated, often as a scientific coordinator, in several expeditions in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. His research has mainly dealt with morphology, systematics and biology of Soleoliferan Mollusca, phreatobious Crustacea, Chiroptera, Amphibia and Reptilia, as well as with biospeleology, island natural history, and history of science.