Descriptive ecology of bat flies (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) associated with vampire bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in the cerrado of Central Brazil

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...

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Main Authors: Ludmilla Moura de Souza Aguiar, Yasmine Antonini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2011-03-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
cerrado
ectoparasites
Strebla diaemi
Trichobius diaemi
vampire bats
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762011000200009&lng=en&tlng=en

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