| first record of parakosa flexipes (acari: chirodiscidae) parasitizing a free-tailed bat (chiroptera: molossidae) in brazil. | the present study reports the occurrence of parakosa flexipes (pinichpongse) (chirodiscidae) for the first time in brazil, along with its infection sites on molossus rufus e. geoffroy. thirty-eight bats were caught using mist nets that were placed near a house at the mars center for cocoa science in the state of bahia, of which 14 (37%) were parasitized by p. flexipes. parakosa flexipes was observed parasitizing m. rufus on hairs that were evidently longer than others distributed over the bat's ... | 2013 | 23184323 |