Some Streblidae and Nycteribiidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) from Maracá Island, Roraima, Brazil.
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.
Graciolli
Gustavo
G
Laboratório de Sistemática, Ecologia e Evolução, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-990 Curitiba, PR, Brasil. mingau@bio.ufpr.br
Linardi
Pedro Marcos
PM
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D004175:Diptera / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male