title: Geographical distribution of bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae), including two new records, Nycteribia allotopa and N. formosana, collected from bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae and Vespertilionidae) in the Republic of Korea.
abstract: As part of the 65(th)  Medical Brigade, U.S. Army, arthropod-borne disease surveillance program and in collaboration with the Korea National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), bats were captured from caves and abandoned mines in the Republic of Korea. A total of 39 adult bat flies including five species of Nycteribiidae [Penicillidia jenynsii, Nycteribia parvula, N. formosana, N. allotopa mikado, and an unidentified species of Nycteribia (N. cf. formosana)], and one species of Streblidae, Brachytarsina kanoi, were collected from bats belonging to two families, Rhinolophidae and Vespertilionidae. This is the first report of N. allotopa mikado and N. formosana from the Republic of Korea.
authors.affiliation: 5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade, Unit 15247, APO AP 96205-5247, USA.
authors.forename: Heung Chul
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Carl W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Dick
authors.forename: Yong Gun
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Sung Tae
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: Terry A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Leopoldo M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rueda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D008297:Male; D056910:Republic of Korea