Ectoparasitic insects (Diptera: Streblidae and Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) of bats from Iquitos and surrounding areas (Loreto, Peru)

Autino, Analía G.; Claps, Guillermo L.; Bárquez, Rubén M.; Díaz, M. Mónica

doi:10.1590/s0074-02762011000800004

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“…The higher male abundance of Streblidae found in this study is consistent with that reported by other authors (Fritz, 1983;Dick & Patterson, 2008;Autino et al, 2011). According to Wenzel (1976), this difference can be caused by the collecting method, since male flies are more active and more easily detected on host bodies than females.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…While, Dick & Patterson (2008) and Dittmar et al (2011) indicated that the bias is due to selective grooming by the hosts, because females are larger than males, host-grooming activity removes or kills more females than males. However, sex ratio can vary seasonally (Marshall, 1981) and evaluations based on short-term or limited surveys may provide an incomplete picture (Autino et al, 2011). Phyllostomidae was the family with greatest species richness and abundance, which agrees with results found by other studies in the department of Sucre (Sampedro et al, 2007;Galván-Guevara et al, 2009;Montes et al, 2012;Durán & Canchila, 2015).…”

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

2017

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

2017

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“…41 Presumably, if Bartonella species are transmitted by ectoparasites, some, if not all, batassociated Bartonella species could be transmitted to humans, because bats are frequent hosts to a wide range of ectoparasites, including bat flies, fleas, soft ticks, and mites. 43 Studies of ectoparasites collected from bats from Egypt and the United States have reported the detection of Bartonella-specific DNA, 6,9,11-13 which suggests a role of arthropods as vectors of Bartonella to other wildlife. Humans, as opportunistic hosts, are at risk of being bitten by ectoparasites that feed on bats, especially vampire bats.…”

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Prevalence and Diversity of Bartonella spp. in Bats in Peru

Bai

Recuenco²,

Gilbert³

et al. 2012

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Abstract. Bartonella infections were investigated in bats in the Amazon part of Peru. A total of 112 bats belonging to 19 species were surveyed. Bartonella bacteria were cultured from 24.1% of the bats (27/112). Infection rates ranged from 0% to 100% per bat species. Phylogenetic analyses of gltA of the Bartonella isolates revealed 21 genetic variants clustering into 13 divergent phylogroups. Some Bartonella strains were shared by bats of multiple species, and bats of some species were infected with multiple Bartonella strains, showing no evident specific Bartonella sp.-bat relationships. Rarely found in other bat species, the Bartonella strains of phylogroups I and III discovered from the common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) were more specific to the host bat species, suggesting some level of host specificity.

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“…Females of P. hastatus are slightly larger than the males (SANTOS et al, 2003), and this species forms colonies composed of only bachelor males, colonies dominated by females, or harems (COSTA et al, 2010). The most frequently observed ectoparasites on P. hastatus are streblid flies (AUTINO et al, 2011;SANTOS et al, 2009;BERNARD, 2002).…”

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Trichobius longipes (Diptera, Streblidae) as a parasite of Phyllostomus hastatus(Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae)

Esbérard

Biavatti

Carvalho

et al. 2014

Rev. Bras. Parasitol. Vet.

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Trichobius longipes (Diptera, Streblidae) as a parasite ofPhyllostomus hastatus (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) AbstractAmong the factors that influence the diversity of ectoparasites on bat hosts are the kind of roost and the host's social behavior. Other factors such as sex, reproductive condition and host size may influence the distribution and abundance of ectoparasites. The aim of the present study was to analyze the variation in Streblidae ectoparasites on the bat Phyllostomus hastatus, according to sex and roost type. We caught bats in four houses on Marambaia Island, municipality of Mangaratiba, and in one house at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, municipality of Seropédica. We caught 65 females and 50 males of P. hastatus and 664 streblids of four species: Aspidoptera phyllostomatis, Strebla consocia, Trichobius "dugesii" complex and Trichobius longipes. The species T. longipes accounted for more than 99% of all the ectoparasites caught. Female bats were more parasitized than males, in terms of both prevalence and average intensity. The total number of parasites did not vary between resident and non-resident bats. The relationship between the number of individuals of T. longipes and sex and roost type was significant for resident bats. The total number of parasites on males did not differ between bachelor roosts and mixed-sex roosts. The differences found between roosts reflected the differences between the sexes.

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Ectoparasitic insects (Diptera: Streblidae and Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) of bats from Iquitos and surrounding areas (Loreto, Peru)

Cited by 20 publications

References 22 publications

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

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

Prevalence and Diversity of Bartonella spp. in Bats in Peru

Trichobius longipes (Diptera, Streblidae) as a parasite of Phyllostomus hastatus(Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae)

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