A Checklist of Nycteribiid and Streblid Bat Flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) from Thailand with Thirteen New Records for the Country
Keywords:
bats, bat flies, Chiroptera, checklist, Nycteribiidae, StreblidaeAbstract
The Nycteribiidae and Streblidae are known as two families of obligate blood sucking ectoparasites of bats. Recent data on nycteribiid and streblid bat flies collected from 15 provinces in Thailand during 2018–2020 are hereby presented with data from previous studies. This study recorded 26 species belonging to nine genera of Nycteribiidae and Streblidae known to be associated with 44 host bats species. Thirteen species of which, 11 nycteribiids and two streblids, are herein recorded from Thailand for the first time. Altogether with previously reported records, this paper lists a total of 59 known bat flies, 43 nycteribiids and 16 streblids, with their 63 associated host bat species.
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Alvarez, J.D.V., Lit, Jr., I.L., Alviola, P.A., Cosico, E.A. and Eres, E.G. 2016. A contribution to the ectoparasite fauna of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in Mindoro Island, Philippines: I. Blood sucking Diptera (Nycteribiidae, Streblidae) and Siphonaptera (Ischnopsyllidae). International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 36(4): 188–194.
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Amarga, A.K.S. and Fornesa, R.N. 2020. First Record of the Genus Leptocyclopodia (Theodor) (Diptera: Nycteribiidae: Cyclopodiinae) in Romblon Island Group, with a List of Arthropods Ectoparasitic on Bats in Romblon Province, Philippines. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal, 14(2): 131–137.
Aroon, S., Hill III, J.G., Artchawakom, T., Pinmongkholgul, S. Kupittayanant, S. and Thanee, N. 2015. Ectoparasites associated with bats in tropical forest of northeastern Thailand. Journal of Agricultural Technology, 1(8): 1781–1792.
Azhar, I., Khan, F.A.A, Ismail, N. and Abdullah, M.T. 2015. Checklist of bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) and their associated bat hosts in Malaysia. Checklist, 11(5): 1–12.
Francis, C. M. 2019. A field guide to the mammals of Thailand and South-East Asia, 2nd edition. Bloomsbury Wildlife, London. 416 pp.
Frauenfeld, G.R. 1856. Über Raymondia Fr., Strebla Wd. und Brachytarsina Maq. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse, 18: 468–478.
Dick, C.W. and Graciolli, G. 2013. Checklist of World Streblidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea). [Accessed on May 17, 2021]. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/ 322578987 _CHECKLIST_OF_WORLD_STREBLIDAE_DIPTERA_HIPPOBOSCOIDEA
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Hill, J.D. and McNeely, J.A. 1975. The bats and Bat’s Parasites of Thailand. Applied Scientific Research Corp of Thailand, Bangkok. 93 pp.
Jobling, B. 1930. A Revision of the Genus Raymondia Frauenfeld (Diptera Pupipara, Streblidae). Parasitology, 22(3): 283–301.
Jobling, B. 1931. A new species of the genus Raymondia with a note on Raymondia quadriceps Jobling and R. bedfordi Ferris. Parasitology, 23(1): 79–83.
Jobling, B. 1934. A Revision of the Genus Nycteribosca Speiser (Diptera Pupipara, Streblidae). Parasitology, 26(1): 1–64.
Jobling, B. 1951. A record of the Streblidae from the Philippines and other Pacific islands, including morphology of the abdomen, host–parasite relationship and geographic distribution, and with description of five new species (Diptera). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 102: 211–246.
Joffrin, L., Dietrich, M., Mavingui, P. and Lebarbenchon, C. 2018. Bat pathogens hit the road: But which one? PLoS Pathogens, 14(8): 1–5.
Kingston, T. 2010. Research priorities for bat conservation in Southeast Asia: a consensus approach. Biodiversity Conservation, 19(2): 471–484.
Kolenati, F.A. 1857. Synopsis prodromal der Nycteribien. Wiener Entomologishe Monatsschrift, 1: 61–62.
Maa, T.C. 1962. Records and descriptions of Nycteribiidae and Streblidae (Diptera). Pacific Insects, 4(2): 417–436.
Maa, T.C. 1965. An interim world list of bat flies. Journal of Medical Entomology, 1: 377–386.
Maa, T.C. 1971. Review of Streblidae (Diptera) parasitic on megachiropteran bats. Pacific Insect, 28: 213–243.
Macquart, P.J.M. 1851. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Suite du 4e supplement. Mémoirs de la Société des Sciences, de l’Agriculture et des Arts, de Lille, 1850: 134–294.
Rondani, C. 1878. Muscaria exotica Musei civici Januensis observata et distincta. Fragmentum IV. Hippoboscita exotica non vel minus cognita. Annali del Museo civico di storia natural di Genova, 12: 50–169.
Simmons, N.B. and Cirranello, A.L. 2020. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database [Accessed on 1 March 2021]. Available from https://batnames.org/.
Speiser, P.G.E. 1900. Ueber die Strebliden, Fledermausparasiten aus der Gruppe der pupiparen Dipteren. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 66: 31–70.
Theodor, O. and Moscona, A. 1954. On bat parasites in Palestine. I. Nycteribiidae, Streblidae, Hemiptera, Siphonaptera. Parasitology, 44(1-2), 157–245.
Theodor, O. 1955. On the genus Eucampsipoda Kol. and Dipseliopoda, n.g. Parasitology, 45(1-2): 195–229.
Theodor, O. 1957. Parasitic adaptation and host-parasite specificity in the pupiparous Diptera. In: Mayr, E. (Ed.), First symposium on host specificity among parasites of vertebrates. Institut de Zoologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland, pp. 50–63.
Theodor, O. 1959. A revision of the genus Cyclopodia. Parasitology, 49(1-2): 242–308.
Theodor, O. 1963. Philippine Zoological Expedition 1946-1947. Philippine bat flies of the Family Nycteribiidae (Diptera: Pupipara). Fieldiana Zoology, 42(11): 151–192.
Theodor, O. 1967. An illustrated catalogue of the Rothschild Collection of Nycteribiidae (Diptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). London: British Museum (Natural History). 506 pp.
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Samoh, A. , Pantip, V. and Soisook, P. 2021. A Checklist of Nycteribiid and Streblid Bat Flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) from Thailand with Thirteen New Records for the Country. Tropical Natural History. 21, 2 (Jul. 2021), 244–262.
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