Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Jan 2002)

Some Streblidae and Nycteribiidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) from Maracá Island, Roraima, Brazil

  • Graciolli Gustavo,
  • Linardi Pedro Marcos

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 97, no. 1
pp. 139 – 141

Abstract

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Fourteen species in five genera of Streblidae and two species in two genera of Nycteribiidae, collected in Maracá Island, State of Roraima, Brazil are presented with comments on bat hosts and geographical distribution. A total of 42 specimens of Diptera and 17 bats were captured from 1987 to 1988, integrating the "Maracá Project". All species of ectoparasites represent new geographic records for Roraima.

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