| abstract | The following 18 species of parasitic mites have been recorded from bats captured in the territory of Afghanistan: Spinturnix acuminatus (C. L. Koch, 1836), S. kolenatii Oudms., 1910, S. psi (Kol., 1856), Macronyssus leucippe (Domrow, 1959), Macronyssus sp. (apparently japonicus Radovsky, 1967), Steatonyssus (Steatonyssus) periblepharus Kol., 1858, S. (S.) afer Radovsky et Yunker, 1963, Androlaelaps casalis casalis (Berl., 1887), Argas (Carios) vespertilionis (Latreille, 1802), A. (Chiorpterargas) [sic] boueti Roubaud et Colas-Belcour, 1933, A. (Secretargas) transgariepinus White, 1846, Ixodes (Eschatocephalus) vespertilionis C. L. Koch, 1844, Haemaphysalis (H.) erinacei Pavesi, 1884, Audytrombicula (A.) taumasia V.-G., 1963, Sasatrombicula (Traubiella) multisternalae (V. G., 1963), Chiroptella (Oudemansidium) muscae (Oudems., 1906). Two new species Spinturnix scuticornis sp.n. and Steatonyssus (S.) gaisleri sp.n. are described and a first description of male of the species Macronyssus leucippe (Domrow, 1959) is given. |