A faunal survey of nycteribiid flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) associated with bats in Paraguay

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1220, 2006, Pages 35-46

  Graciolli, Gustavo ^a   Dick, Carl W ^b   Gettinger, Donald ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilia; Bat flies; Ectoparasites; Paraguay; Vespertilionidae

Indexed keywords

BASILIA; DIPTERA; MOLOSSIDAE; NYCTERIBIIDAE; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 33745263904     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1220.1.3     Document Type: Review

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