Ectoparasitic flies (Diptera, Streblidae) of bats (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in an Atlantic Forest area, southeastern Brazil

Abstract

We studied infestation rates and parasite-host associations between streblid flies and phyllostomid bats in an Atlantic Forest area of Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil. We captured 301 individuals from seven Phyllostomidae bat species. Out of that total, 69 bats had been parasitised by nine Streblidae species; the most frequent species were Trichobius joblingi and Trichobius tiptoni. The species Paraeuctenodes longipes, associated with Anoura geoffroyi, was the most frequent species. The highest mean intensity was observed for Paraeuctenodes longipes, associated with A. geoffroyi, and Paratrichobius longicrus associated with Artibeus lituratus, both ectoparasite species with a mean intensity of five individuals per bat. Trichobius joblingi exhibited the highest mean abundance, which was over three on its host species. Streblid richness in the study area was similar to the richness found in other studies carried out in the Atlantic Forest. We observed that streblid richness in this biome depends more on inherent characteristics of each physiognomy and on the host-species than on the sampling effort.

Ectoparasitic flies (Diptera, Streblidae) on bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) in a dry tropical forest in the northern Colombia

“…On the other hand, studies in Brazil show a prevalence of 36.88% in São Paulo (Bertola et al, 2005), 29.90% in Pernambuco (Soares et al, 2013), 28.9% in Maranhão (Santos et al, 2009), 23% in Rio de Janeiro (França et al, 2013), and 20.12% in Rio Grande do Sul (Rui & Graciolli, 2005); while Cuxim-Koyoc et al (2015) found a prevalence of 74.06% in Yucatán-México. These differences may be related to the conditions in which the studies were conducted, variations in host and ectoparasites communities, and to different biogeographic history (Rui & Graciolli, 2005;Lourenço et al, 2016).…”

Hosts and environment overshadow spatial distance as drivers of bat fly species composition in the Neotropics

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Prevalence and intensity of Streblidae in bats from a Neotropical savanna region in Brazil

“…Azevedo and Linardi (2002) reported that few data about streblid flies are available in Brazil. Several studies have been published but mainly from the Atlantic Forest (França et al 2013), which is one of the five Brazilian biomes. As noted by Bertola et al (2005), several studies have been conducted on the taxonomy of Streblidae, but only a few explored host-parasite relationships.…”