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Issue: Vol. 4205 No. 2: 6 Dec. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-12-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.2.1
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Checklist of host associations of European bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae, Streblidae)

University of Debrecen, Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, Egyetem tér 1., H-4032, Debrecen, Hungary University of Lausanne, Department of Ecology and Evolution, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland Museum of Zoology, Palais de Rumine, Place de la Riponne 6, CH-1014, Lausanne, Switzerland
Eszterházy Károly University, Department of Zoology, Eszterházy tér 1., H-3300, Eger, Hungary Bükk Mammalogical Society, Maklári u. 77/A, H-3300, Eger, Hungary
University of Debrecen, MTA–DE "Lendület" Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, Egyetem tér 1., H-4032, Debrecen, Hungary
Diptera ectoparasites host associations parasite specificity Pupipara

Abstract

Bat flies are obligate blood-sucking ectoparasites of bats. They are divided into two families: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae. Europe has 17 species of bat flies and 45 species of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera). This checklist is based on both published records and our own field data and provides updated information on all associations between bat flies and their hosts in Europe. The host-parasite association between Basilia italica Theodor and Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus) is reported for the first time. Moreover, our records of B. italica on Myotis alcathoe Helversen & Heller, B. nana Theodor & Moscona on Plecotus auritus, Nycteribia kolenatii Theodor & Moscona on M. bechsteinii (Kuhl) and Penicillidia dufourii (Westwood) on M. daubentonii (Kuhl) represent new host associations for Hungary.

 

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