METHODS The chiropteran fauna has a group of ectoparasites associated with them. The
importance of these is that they could be potential vectors of diseases of public health …

The highest density of bat species in the world is reached in South and Central America.
Representatives of nine families occur in this gigantic region between the southern part of …

A descriptive study was carried out to determine the ectoparasitic fauna of the common
vampire bat Desmodus rotundus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from twelve locations and …

 Abstract Bat flies (Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) have been used to study co-evolutionary
patterns between ectoparasites and bats. In the world, Nycteribiidae and Streblidae are …

This is the first complete assessment of the ectoparasite fauna on phyllostomid bats in a
shaded coffee plantation in Mexico. The study was carried out at Finca San Carlos, in the …

Abstract Of 3,860 Colombian bats, belonging to 109 species, 1,235 individuals (32%) of 100
species were infested with ectoparasites. A total of 3,545 ectoparasites pertaining to 88 …

Among ectoparasites sampled from bats during diversity surveys in 2005 and 2008 in
northern Argentina there were specimens of Paradyschiria parvula Falcoz, 1931 (Diptera …

In Colombia, the taxonomical understanding of ectoparasites (Diptera: Streblidae and
Nycteribiidae) of bats is scarce, despite the high diversity of hosts. This fact reflects the lack …

In the framework of the CTel application project for the improvement of the timber sector in
the department of Chocó, the diversity and composition of the bat community in the …

New information is presented for bats and their ectoparasite insects from the Argentine Field
and Weedlands Ecoregion. Bats of the families Molossidae, Phyllostomidae and …