| descriptive ecology of bat flies (diptera: hippoboscoidea) associated with vampire bats (chiroptera: phyllostomidae) in the cerrado of central brazil. | we studied the ectoparasitic bat flies of three phyllostomid vampire bat species. bats were collected monthly from april 2004-march 2005 in caves within the cafuringa environmental protection area in the federal district of brazil. a total of 1,259 specimens from six species in the streblidae family were collected from 332 bats. high host affinity from the sampled bat fly species and high prevalence of bat flies confirms the primary fly-host associations (strebla wiedemanni, trichobius parasitic ... | 2011 | 21537676 |
| prevalence and intensity of streblidae in bats from a neotropical savanna region in brazil. | bats of the family phyllostomidae are common hosts to streblids known as bat flies. here, we discuss the component community, prevalence and intensity of infection with species of streblidae on an assemblage of phyllostomid bats in the cafuringa environmental protection area (apa cafuringa) in the core area of the cerrado in central brazil. a total of 1 841 streblid individuals of 24 species occurred on 752 bats of 14 species. ten species of streblids infected glossophaga soricina (pallas), wher ... | 2016 | 27507561 |