Batflies parasitic on some phyllostomid bats in southeastern Brazil: parasitism rates and host-parasite relationships
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
; 94(2): 151-6, Mar.-Apr. 1999. tab
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المكتبة المسؤولة:
BR15.1
ABSTRACT
Ectoparasitic batflies were studied on 12 species of phyllostomid bats, by making 35 nightly collections of bats using mist nets at the "Panga" Ecological Reservation near Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, from August 1989 to July 1990. Eleven species of species of Streblidae and one of Nycteribiidae were collected on 12 species of bats. Prevalence of ectoparasitic flies was lower than those reported by other outrors for the New World and may be the result of the lack of caves in the study area, causing bats to roost in less favorable locations, forming smaller colonies. The fly, Trichobius joblingi Wenzel, was found on Carollia perspicillata (Linnaeus), showing preference for adult male bats. This could be explained by the predominance of males in the bat colonies, and by the fact that females rest in isolation during the reproductive period making them less exposed to the parasites. The streblid flies, Aspidoptera falcata Wenzel and Megistropoda proxima (Séguy), were found on Sturnira lilium (Geoffroy). A. falcata occurred mainly on young and adult females, whereas M. proxima did not show any preferences relative to the reproductive condition of the host. Ecological factors are important in determining differential numbers of parasites occurring on the different sexes, ages and reproductive state of the hosts.
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LILACS
الموضوع الرئيسي:
Chiroptera
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Diptera
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Parks, Recreational
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Host-Parasite Interactions
نوع الدراسة:
Risk_factors_studies
المحددات:
Animals
البلد/الأقليم حسب الموضوع:
America do sul
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Brasil
اللغة:
En
مجلة:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
موضوع المجلة:
MEDICINA TROPICAL
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PARASITOLOGIA
السنة:
1999
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Article