Demodex bialoviensis sp. nov. (Acariformes, Demodecidae) a new, specific parasite of the European bison Bison bonasus (Artiodactyla, Bovidae) Author Izdebska, Joanna N. Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gda´nsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80 - 308, Gda´nsk, Poland Author Rolbiecki, Leszek Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gda´nsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80 - 308, Gda´nsk, Poland leszek.rolbiecki@ug.edu.pl Author Bielecki, Wojciech Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Department of Pathology and Veterinary Diagnostics, Division of Avian Diseases, Exotic Animals and Fish, Ciszewskiego 8, 02 - 786, Warsaw, Poland text International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 2022 2022-04-30 17 138 143 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.01.003 journal article 305096 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.01.003 a2dac986-ac32-4723-99fd-ff93d1fb1a7d 2213-2244 10668202

Table 2 Morphometric comparison between Demodex bialoviensis sp. nov. and Demodex bisonianus.

Feature/Species	Demodex bialoviensis sp. nov.		Demodex bisonianus
a Measurements were rounded to the nearest micrometer with respect to the original results (Kadulski and Izdebska, 1996). b Calculated from measurements of Kadulski and Izdebska (1996).
Source	Present study		Kadulski and Izdebska
			(1996)
Sex Sample size	Males (n =12)	Females (n =	Males	Females
		34)	(n =	(n =20)
			20)
Body total length	176	239	517, SD	534, SD
	(158–198), SD	(200–268), SD	23 a	20 a
	13	15
Body total width	31 (30–35), SD	35 (30–40), SD	63, SD 9	68, SD 9
	2	2
Body length to	5.6:1	6.8:1	8.2:1b	7.9:1b
width ratio	(4.9–6.4:1), SD	(5.2–7.9:1), SD
	0.6:1	0.6:1
Opisthosoma	62 (57–65), SD	65 (60–69), SD	68b	69b
length to body	2	2
length ratio (%)
Aedeagus length	21 (18–29), SD	–	33, SD 7	–
3
Vulva length	–	12 (10–17), SD	–	22, SD 2
		2