Streblidae (Diptera, Hippoboscoidea) em morcegos (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) no nordeste do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Graciolli, Gustavo; Rui, Ana Maria

doi:10.1590/s0073-47212001000100009

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“…The prevalence of P. longicrus on P. lineatus at our study site was similar to that at another site in the Cerrado region (Komeno & Linhares 1999); the prevalence of streblids on G. soricina is usually low (Graciolli & Rui 2001, Bertola et al 2005, such as we found in Serra da Bodoquena (< 10%).…”

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“…However, component communities of streblids on G. soricina differed between bat populations in the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest regions. T. dugesii is the only species that parasitizes G. soricina in both regions, whereas Anastrebla caudiferae and Trichobius lonchophyllae have only been reported in the Atlantic Forest region (Graciolli & Rui 2001, Azevedo & Linardi 2002, Bertola et al 2005.…”

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Bat flies on phyllostomid hosts in the Cerrado region: component community, prevalence and intensity of parasitism

Eriksson¹,

Graciolli

Fischer

2011

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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Streblidae flies are specialised parasites of bat hosts, mainly phyllostomids. There is a high richness of streblids in the savannah-like Cerrado region; however, there is little quantitative data available in parasitological indices. Here, we describe the component community, prevalence and intensity of a streblid infestation on a phyllostomid bat assemblage in Serra da Bodoquena, a Cerrado region in Southwest Brazil. We conducted surveys by capturing and inspecting bat hosts during the seven-month period between October 2004-December 2005. All the ectoparasites found on the bats were collected in the field and then counted and identified in the laboratory. We captured 327 bats belonging to 13 species, of which eight species were parasitized by 17 species of streblids. Carollia perspicillata and Glossophaga soricina were infested with seven streblid species, whereas the other bat species were infested with four or fewer streblid species. Megistopoda proxima and Aspidoptera falcata flies were found on Sturnira lilium, and Trichobius joblingi was the most prevalent fly on C. perspicillata. Megistopoda aranea and Aspidoptera phyllostomatis were highly prevalent and had a high intensity of infestation on Artibeus planirostris. Overall comparisons of the available data suggest that the component communities of streblids vary more between the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest phytogeographical regions than between localities within the same phytogeographical region

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Bat flies on phyllostomid hosts in the Cerrado region: component community, prevalence and intensity of parasitism

Eriksson¹,

Graciolli

Fischer

2011

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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“…The available data show that the mean abundance registered for the cerrado was 0.9 (Azevedo & Linardi 2002), compared to the southern Atlantic rainforest values of 0.54 and 0.61 (Graciolli & Rui 2001, Bertola et al 2005. In the present study, prevalence, mean intensity of infestation and mean abundance were high for all three hematophagous bat species.…”

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

Aguiar

Antonini

2011

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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We studied the ectoparasitic bat flies of three phyllostomid vampire bat species. Bats were collected monthly from April 2004-March 2005 True ectoparasites spend most of their adult lives, or all developmental phases, on the bodies of their hosts or in their hosts' shelters (Marshall 1982). Streblidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) are obligate ectoparasites of bats (Dick & Patterson 2008) and, consequently, are found primarily in tropical areas with relatively few species in the subtropical and warm temperate zones .Knowledge of bat ectoparasites has provided important information on the host's biology, systematics and phylogeny (Fritz 1983) and is essential for better understanding the ecology of bats and bat behaviour in shelters. This knowledge has also explained aspects of larviposition and infestation by ectoparasites and the epidemiology of pathogen transmission in bats (Komeno & Linhares 1999).The host's roosting habits are important factors in the bat-ectoparasite system (ter Hofstede et al. 2004, Patterson et al. 2007, Seneviratne et al. 2009). The variability in bat roosting preferences and ectoparasite fauna provides significant insights relating to parasite ecology and specificity (ter Hofstede et al. 2004). Host specificity is typical for parasite-host associations and is often even higher in obligate or permanent parasite associa- tions (Dick et al. 2009). Ectoparasites can be classified as heteroxenous when they can infest many species in many genera, monoxenous when they are found on only one host species, stenoxenous when they are found on host species of the same genus and oligoxenous when they are found regularly on hosts of different genera (ter Hofstede et al. 2004).The Brazilian savannah, also known as the cerrado, covers approximately two million km 2 of Central Brazil and is considered one of the richest and most threatened biodiversity reservoirs in the world (Mittermeier et al. 2005). This region is responsible for most Brazilian soy and corn production and ranching in this region produces almost 40 million heads of cattle per year (Aguiar et al. 2008). Bats account for nearly 50% of the total mammalian fauna of the cerrado biome (Aguiar & Machado 2010). This generates a great deal of concern due to their association with rabies, though most rabies cases are caused by just one vampire species, Desmodus rotundus (Gonçalves et al. 2002). Of the vampire bat species, D. rotundus is the most common and widespread species in Central and South America. Their primary food source is mammalian blood, but they also feed on avian blood. The two other vampire bat species, Diaemus youngi and Diphylla ecaudata, are rare and feed mainly on avian blood (Aguiar et al. 2006).There are few studies on bat ectoparasites and their relationship with their hosts in Brazil (Gettinger & Gribel 1989, Komeno & Linhares 1999 Graciolli et al. 2008). The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of host specificity of the bat flies on vampire bat species in the cerrado of Central Brazil. Previous studies of ect...

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“…Comments: Its primary host is Anoura geoffroyi Gray, 1838(WENZEL, 1976CARVALHO, 2001), with records from the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest for this host and A. caudifer (GRACIOLLI; CARVALHO, 2001;COELHO, 2001;RUI, 2001;BERTOLA et al, 2005;GRACIOLLI et al, 2010;MORAS et al, 2013). This is the first occurrence of this bat fly on species of Lonchophylla Thomas, (Olfers, 1818).…”

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Streblidae (Diptera) on bats (Chiroptera) in an area of Atlantic Forest, state of Rio de Janeiro

Lourenço

Patrício

Pinheiro

et al. 2014

Rev. Bras. Parasitol. Vet.

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Because of the few records of Streblidae on bats, despite extensive study on these mammals in the state of Rio de Janeiro, a survey was carried out in an area of Atlantic Forest, in the municipality of Nova Iguaçu, known as the Tinguá region. Thirteen species were added to the list of Streblidae in the state of Rio de Janeiro, of which two were new records for Brazil. Thirty-one species have now been reported this state.

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Streblidae (Diptera, Hippoboscoidea) em morcegos (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) no nordeste do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Abstract: Streblidae (Diptera, Hippoboscoidea) em morcegos...

Cited by 32 publications

References 6 publications

Bat flies on phyllostomid hosts in the Cerrado region: component community, prevalence and intensity of parasitism

Bat flies on phyllostomid hosts in the Cerrado region: component community, prevalence and intensity of parasitism

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

Streblidae (Diptera) on bats (Chiroptera) in an area of Atlantic Forest, state of Rio de Janeiro

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