Batflies Parasitic on Some Phyllostomid Bats in Southeastern Brazil: Parasitism Rates and Host-parasite Relationships

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-156

  Komeno, Carlos A ^a   Linhares, Arício X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chiroptera; Intensity prevalence; Nycteribiidae; Phyllostomidae; Streblidae

Indexed keywords

ASPIDOPTERA; ASPIDOPTERA FALCATA; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; CHIROPTERA; LILIUM; MEGISTOPODA; MEGISTOPODA PROXIMA; NYCTERIBIIDAE; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; STREBLIDAE; STURNIRA LILIUM; TRICHOBIUS; TRICHOBIUS JOBLINGI;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FLY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHIROPTERA; DIPTERA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033091632     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000200004     Document Type: Article

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