| effects of prior infestation on host choice of bat flies (diptera: streblidae). | experimental approaches provide insight into the dynamics of species competition and coexistence, but studies of ectoparasitic arthropods are rare. host choice experiments were undertaken in amazonian peru, by using obligate bat fly parasites of seba's short-tailed bat, carollia perspicillata (l.). the fly species trichobius joblingi wenzel strongly preferred clean hosts to those previously infested with individuals of t. joblingi. abundance thresholds may limit conspecific parasites on host ind ... | 2006 | 16619630 |
| [ectoparasitic flies (diptera: streblidae) of bats (mammalia: chiroptera) from são luís, maranhão, brazil: infestation rates and the host-parasite association]. | this study reports the first records of the parasitism rates of the association among ectoparasitic flies of the family streblidae found in phyllostomid bats in the state of maranhão. specimens were collected in patches of secondary forest and borders of mangrove in the village of quebra pote, located in the south portion of the island of são luís. a total of 201 flies of 15 species and eight genera [aspidoptera falcata wenzel, a. phyllostomatis (perty), mastoptera minuta costa lima, megistopoda ... | 2009 | 19943006 |
| ectoparasites of bats (mammalia: chiroptera) in atlantic forest fragments in north-eastern brazil. | in brazil, most studies involving parasites of bats (bat flies) treat the mid-west, south-east, and south of the country. this work aimed to characterize the ectoparasites community associated with bats in the atlantic forest in the state of sergipe, north-eastern brazil. sampling was conducted between january and june 2013 in the serra de itabaiana national park (pnsi) and between november 2013 and june 2015 in the wildlife refuge mata do junco (rvsmj). parasitological indexes were determined, ... | 2016 | 27220964 |