Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 13 1 2025 12 01 Contribution to the fauna of bat-parasitizing ticks in Bosnia and Herzegovina 165 168 238270 10.22073/pja.v13i1.84338 EN Lejla Ušanović University of Sarajevo – Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Lejla Lasić University of Sarajevo – Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Amina Agic Center for Karst and Speleology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Jasna Hanjalić Kurtović University of Sarajevo – Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Sanja Cakic University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Belgrade, Serbia Merima Miralem University of Sarajevo – Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Belma Kalamujić Stroil University of Sarajevo – Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Journal Article To contribute to the scarce data on tick fauna associated with bats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, we analyzed six tick samples collected at the Dardagani quarry in Karakaj, Zvornik, northeastern Bosnia (coordinates: 44.4313603, 19.0883753). Sampling was carried out by researchers from the Center for Karst and Speleology as part of their field surveys on August 25, 2023. Bat species were identified onsite using the identification key for European bat species (Dietz and Kiefer 2016). The only present species was Schreiber's bent-winged bat, <em>Miniopterus schreibersii </em>(Kuhl, 1817). The results of both morphological and molecular approaches were congruent in identifying all samples as <em>I. vespertilionis</em>, being its first molecular record in this part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. https://www.persianacarology.org/article_238270_baf68923ec52ab31c3078755242219a3.pdf