Streblid bat flies (Diptera) and other ectoparasites on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from French Guiana

Graciolli, Gustavo; Guerrero, Ricardo; Catzeflis, François

doi:10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2018-0724

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“…They are all associated with various Strebla species and members of the Trichobius parasiticus-complex. Although our dataset does not cover all batbat fly interactions known from the literature for the Neotropics Wenzel, 1976;Dick & Gettinger, 2005;Graciolli et al, 2019), we see a clear grouping of bat species using the same roosting structures. Adding records from the literature might make this observation even clearer.…”

Section: Host Specificitymentioning

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Bat–bat fly interactions in Central Panama: host traits relate to modularity in a highly specialised network

Hiller

Vollstädt

Brändel

et al. 2021

Insect Conserv Diversity

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Recently, network approaches have gained increasing popularity in studies of species interactions. These analyses provide important information about structural and functional organisation, as well as on the dynamics of species interactions. Common model systems for network studies include seed dispersal, pollination, and also parasite interactions. Bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae, Nycteribiidae) are obligate blood‐sucking ectoparasites of bats. Resource partitioning allows multiple fly species to co‐occur on a single host individual, making them an ideal model system for network analyses. Between 2013 and 2018 in Central Panama, 6528 bats from 53 species were examined for the presence of bat flies. Thereof, we collected a total of 6077 bat flies belonging to 52 species. The resulting interaction network showed a significantly higher specificity (H2' = 0.97) and modularity (Q = 0.78) than expected by chance, indicating a very high host specificity of the bat flies. To investigate parasite interactions in the context of host size, host abundance and roosting preferences, we pooled parasite identifications on genus level. The majority of our identified modules were associated with bats using persistent roosting structures. Neither host size nor host abundance appeared to affect module structure. Further, module structure appeared not to be host‐phylogeny driven, instead modules were often composed of species known to share roosting structures. Their high host‐specificity could put bat flies at risk of extinction in changing environments.

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Section: Host Specificitymentioning

confidence: 95%

Bat–bat fly interactions in Central Panama: host traits relate to modularity in a highly specialised network

Hiller

Vollstädt

Brändel

et al. 2021

Insect Conserv Diversity

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“…Remarks. Basilia ortizi was previously recorded in Belize, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Venezuela, and Brazil (Graciolli et al 2007;Graciolli et al 2019) (Fig. 3C) can be differentiated from A. phyllostomatis Perty, 1833 because the latter has a smaller mesespisternum (seen from dorsal view), and from A. falcata Wenzel, 1976 because the former has two epiproct setae and less curved gonopods (Guerrero 1994b).…”

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confidence: 88%

Additions of host associations and new records of bat ectoparasites of the families Spinturnicidae, Nycteribiidae and Streblidae from Honduras

Graciolli¹,

Ávila-Palma²,

Trejo³

et al. 2021

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We captured mormoopids, phyllostomids, and vespertilionids in Honduras to collect bat ectoparasites. Two species of Spinturnicidae (Acari) are the first reports of this family in Honduras. One species of Basilia Miranda Ribeiro, 1903, and four of Streblidae are recorded for the first time in Honduras. With these results, the current species number of each family for Honduras are two species of Spinturnicidae, three of Nycteribiidae, and 48 of Streblidae. We compared the number of species of Streblidae and bats in Honduras to highly sampled countries in Central and South America. Clearly, more effort is still needed in Honduras, although this is the third attempt to study the bat ectoparasites in Honduras.

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“…The maximum number of parasites per host individual was 18 bat flies, Antonini (2011) in Brazil registered 25 andTlapaya-Romero et al (2015) in Mexico 26. Trichobius parasiticus + S. wiedemanni presented a higher frequency between the associations of different bat fly species; this infracommunity is widely registered in this host (e.g., Aguiar and Antonini 2011, 2016, Graciolli et al 2019, Barbier et al 2021. Teixeira and Ferreira (2010) record S. wiedemanni and T. furmani, considering that the second species replaces T. parasiticus in some regions of South America (Bertola et al 2005, Guerrero 1995.…”

Section: Infracommunitiesmentioning

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Bat fly (Diptera: Streblidae) and common vampire bat (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) association in Honduras: prevalence, mean intensity, infracommunities and influence of the biological characteristics of the host

Gómez-Corea

España²,

Mejía-Quintanilla

et al. 2022

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Bat species present a series of attributes that makes them prone to being parasitized. Bat flies (Streblidae) are hematophagous ectoparasites exclusive to bats. Our study aimed to investigate the association of bat flies with the Common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus (É. Geoffroy, 1810), in Honduras. We analyzed the effect of sex and age of the host on parasitism. Eight localities belonging to six departments were sampled in an altitudinal range between 50 and 995 m. Field data were obtained between May 2018 to November 2019 and 80 individuals were captured, from which 395 bat flies were extracted. Four species of bat flies were registered: Strebla wiedemanni Kolenati, 1856, Trichobius parasiticus Gervais, 1844, T.joblingi Wenzel, 1966 and T. caecus Edwards, 1948. Trichobius parasiticus presented the highest prevalence and mean intensity, followed by S. wiedemanni. Trichobius joblingi and T. caecus are new records of parasitism on D. rotundus for Honduras, although we consider as an accidental association. We recorded six types of infracommunities that parasitized 85% of the hosts. The prevalence and mean intensity was not affected by age and sex of the host for any bat fly species.

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Streblid bat flies (Diptera) and other ectoparasites on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from French Guiana

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

Bat–bat fly interactions in Central Panama: host traits relate to modularity in a highly specialised network

Bat–bat fly interactions in Central Panama: host traits relate to modularity in a highly specialised network

Additions of host associations and new records of bat ectoparasites of the families Spinturnicidae, Nycteribiidae and Streblidae from Honduras

Bat fly (Diptera: Streblidae) and common vampire bat (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) association in Honduras: prevalence, mean intensity, infracommunities and influence of the biological characteristics of the host

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