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

Authors

  • Fábio Angelo Melo Soares Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Gustavo Graciolli Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e Saúde, Departamento de Biologia
  • Daniel Máximo Corrêa Alcântara Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e Saúde, Departamento de Biologia
  • Carlos Eduardo Borges Pinto Ribeiro Faculdade Frassinetti do Recife
  • Gustavo Corrêa Valença Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Stephen Francis Ferrari Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Departamento de Biologia

Keywords:

Chiroptera, ectoparasites, Atlantic Rainforest, Phyllostomidae, Streblidae

Abstract

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.
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Published

2013-06-01

How to Cite

Soares, F. A. M., Graciolli, G., Alcântara, D. M. C., Ribeiro, C. E. B. P., Valença, G. C., & Ferrari, S. F. (2013). Bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae) ectoparasites of bats at an Atlantic Rainforest site in northeastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 13(2). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/1173

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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2013): v13n2

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