Bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae, Nycteribiidae) parasitic on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) at Parque Estadual da Cantareira, São Paulo, Brazil: parasitism rates and host-parasite associations

Bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae, Nycteribiidae) parasitic on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) at Parque Estadual da Cantareira, São Paulo, Brazil: parasitism rates and host-parasite associations

A total of 443 bat flies belonging to the families Nycteribiidae and Strelidae, were collected on 22 species of bats (Molossidae, Phyllostomidae, and Vespertilionidae) from Parque Estadual da Cantareira (São Paulo, Brazil), between January, 2000 and January, 2001. Eighteen new occurrences of bat fli...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Beloto Bertola, Caroline Cotrim Aires, Sandra Elisa Favorito, Gustavo Graciolli, Marcos Amaku, Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2005-02-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Nycteribiidae
Streblidae
bat flies
bats
São Paulo
Brazil
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