Bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae) ectoparasites of bats at an Atlantic Rainforest site in northeastern Brazi

Bat flies were surveyed between March, 2007 and February, 2008, in the Carnijo Private Natural Heritage Reserve (08 degree 07' S and 35 degree 05' W), an area of Atlantic Rainforest in the municipality of Moreno, in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. Bats were captured biweekly using mist...

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Published inBiota Neotropica Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 242
Main Authors Soares, Fabio Angelo Melo, Graciolli, Gustavo, Alcantara, Daniel Maximo Correa, Ribeiro, Carlos Eduardo Borges Pinto, Valenca, Gustavo Correa, Ferrari, Stephen Francis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.2013
Subjects
Diptera
Phyllostomidae
Streblidae
Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul
A, Atlantic
ASW, Brazil, Pernambuco
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Summary:Bat flies were surveyed between March, 2007 and February, 2008, in the Carnijo Private Natural Heritage Reserve (08 degree 07' S and 35 degree 05' W), an area of Atlantic Rainforest in the municipality of Moreno, in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. Bats were captured biweekly using mist nets set during six hours each night. The ectoparasites were collected with tweezers and/or a brush wet in ethanol and stored in 70% ethanol. The specimens are deposited in the zoological reference collection of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul. Sixteen species of streblid bat flies were collected from 10 bat species of the family Phyllostomidae. Thirteen of the these streblid species were recorded for the first time in Pernambuco.
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ISSN:1806-129X
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