| parasitism by nycteribiidae and streblidae flies (diptera) of a malagasy fruit bat (pteropodidae): effects of body size and throat gland development on parasite abundance. | we examined the possible effects of host body size and throat gland development on the abundance of blood-feeding nycteribiid and streblid flies parasitizing a malagasy fruit bat, rousettus madagascariensis g. grandidier, 1928. data were collected in the parc national d'ankarana in northern madagascar during four visits: september 2014, 2015 (dry season), and january 2015, 2016 (wet season). two bat fly species were identified, eucampsipoda madagascarensis theodor, 1955 (nycteribiidae) and megas ... | 2017 | 28399201 |