The bat fHes of the Balearic Islands (Insecta: Diptera: Nycteribiidae) (original) (raw)
Boll. Soc. Hist. Nat. Balears, 46:79-84, 2003
Confirmed are 4 species of bat flies out of 6 known by published records for the Balearic Archipelago: Nycteribia pedicularia (Mallorca, 1st record for Menorca), N. schmidlii (Mallorca, Menorca), N. vexata (Mallorca), and Penicillidia dufourii (Mallorca, 1st record for Menorca). The two species not confirmed for the Balearic Islands (Basilia mediterranea, Penicillidia conspicua) are revised and included to complete a checklist of Nycteribiidae for this archipelago. Streblidae has never been found in this area.
Mammalia aequatorialis, 2023
In Ecuador, studies of parasitic bat flies are scarce and biased towards the family Streblidae: reports indicate the existence of 50 species, five of them on the western lowlands. In this study, in addition to Streblidae, we include information of the family Nycteribiidae that has not been studied in Ecuador. Both families are associated with bats in several localities of the western lowlands of the country. We used samples from the associated collection of parasites of the Mammalogy Section of the Museo de Zoología at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (QCAZ-M), as well as the database of the collection that allowed obtaining information on the host taxa. Thus, 145 individuals of bats of 22 species of the families Phyllostomidae and Vespertilionidae and 424 individuals of 29 species of parasitic flies are reported. Of these, five species are new in Ecuador, 19 are confirmed records in the west and the geographic distribution was extended for species previously reported in this region. Trichobius joblingi was the most abundant parasitic fly species and together with Speiseria ambigua were associated
Iberian distribution of some little known bat species
Mammalia, 1992
Resume.-La repartition de neuf especes de chauves-souris dans la Peninsule Iberique est revisee et completee. Jusqu'ä present, cette repartition etait presque inconnue en raison de leu r reelle rarete ou de absence de prospections. II s'agit de:
A FAUNAL SURVEY OF STREBLID FLIES (DIPTERA: STREBLIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH BATS IN PARAGUAY
Journal of Parasitology, 2005
An extensive survey of the ectoparasites infesting bats in Paraguay provides information regarding the taxonomy and host distribution of streblid bat flies at a geographic interface between subtropical and temperate habitats. Five families of bats representing 45 species, including Molossidae (5 genera and 15 species), Natalidae (1 genus and 1 species), Phyllostomidae (11 genera and 15 species), Noctilionidae (1 genus and 2 species), and Vespertilionidae (4 genera and 12 species) were collected from 24 localities across Paraguay and sampled for ectoparasites. In total, 2,467 bat flies were collected, representing 11 genera and 31 nominal species of Streblidae, of which 6 genera and 24 species are new records for Paraguay. No streblids were collected from vespertilionid bats; 23 species infested phyllostomids, 6 species noctilionids, 1 species a natalid, and 1 species molossids. Streblid bat flies were highly specific to certain host groups and individual host species, and their geographic distributions closely followed those of their host bats. Of 31 streblid species surveyed, 27 were monoxenous (i.e., associated with a single host species), and 4 were stenoxenous (i.e., associated with a group of phylogenetically related hosts). The number of streblid species is greatly reduced in the Chaco region west of the Paraguay River, largely because of the lack of phyllostomid host bats.
Taxonomy, status and distribution of the Azorean bat (Nyctalus-azoreum).
Journal of zoology, 2003
The taxonomic status of the Azorean bat i Nvctahrs (lzO/'cum Thomas 190!) was assessed, by a principal components analysis of measurements of the external morphology of the bat. together with specimens of the closest related Nyctalus species from mainland Europe (Nvctalus leislcrit. This analysis confirms the recent suggestion, based on a similar analysis of skull morphology, That the Azorean bat represents a good species, distinguished from N. leislcri by its smaller sizeforearm lengths for N. azoreuin in range 35·7-42'0 mm (11= 14). compared with 42·0-45·R mm (11 = 8) for N. leisleri. The status and distribution of the Azorean bat was assessed by a survey conducted in the Islands in September and October 1988. We assessed the presence or absence of bats, in62 (l ' latitude x l ' longitude) plots at the west end of the island of Sao Miguel. The study area covered 6% of the total land area of the archipelago and contained representative areas of all the major island habitat types. A less intensive survey throughout lour other islands. literature review and information from other sources revealed that the bat is probably distributed throughout the entire archipelago. with the possible exception of Flores and Corvo. Bats were active both in the day and at night. At night. bats were mostly active in coastal villages where they were closely associated with street lighting. During the day. most bats were active in the inland areas near to Caldeira lakes. The maximum number of bats observed simultaneously active in thc day was six whilst at dusk swarms of up to 55 (± 5) bats were observed together. At night. bats were also active over approximately ]·5 x the area they occupied in the day. By assuming the bat is found throughout the archipelago. and that our study area was representative, we estimated the maximum population to be between 1750 (from daylight activity) and 23.650 (from nocturnal activity). This latter estimate implies a fOP Illation density throughout the archipelago of around O'I bats per hectare.
Biota Neotropica, 2013
Bat flies were surveyed between March, 2007 and February, 2008, in the Carnijó Private Natural Heritage Reserve (08° 07′ S and 35° 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.
Folia Parasitologica, 2019
A sample of chigger mites from bat hosts collected in the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean Sea) is found to include two species. These are the first records of bat-infesting chiggers identified to species in Spain. Chiggers collected from Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl) in Menorca are identified as Oudemansidium komareki (Daniel et Dusbábek, 1959); this species, which was known from Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Moldova, Crimea, and Azerbaijan, is recorded for the first time in Spain. Chiggers collected from Plecotus austriacus (Fischer) in Formentera are identified as Trombicula knighti Radford, 1954, which was insufficiently described from a bat in Yemen and known only from its type locality. We transfer this species to the genus Trisetica Traub et Evans, 1950 and provide its re-description based on paratypes and the material from the Balearic Islands. The species Sasatrombicula (Rudnicula) bal-canica Kolebinova, 1966 is synonymised with T. knighti. One species closely related to T. knighti, Trisetica aethiopica (Hirst, 1926), which was recorded in Ghana, Uganda, South Sudan, and Madagascar, is re-described on the basis of its syntype deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. This specimen is designated as lectotype.
Bat flies (Diptera, Streblidae and Nycteribiidae) in a Cerrado area of Goiás State, Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2010
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