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| Nycteribiid and Streblid Bat Flies (Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) from Thailand in Samoh, Pantip & Soisook, 2021. |
Abstract
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.
Keywords: bats, bat flies, Chiroptera, checklist, Nycteribiidae, Streblidae
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| Provinces surveyed in this study (shaded in grey) and localities where species of new records were collected(see text for exact location). Dorsal views of new record species are also shown (not to scale). |
Abdulloh Samoh, Vatanya Pantip and Pipat Soisook. 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); 244-262
