Bolivian ectoparasites: A survey of bats (Mammalia Chiroptera)

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 372-377

  Dick, Carl W ^a   Gettinger, Donald ^b   Gardner, Scott L ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Argasidae; Bolivia; Chiroptera; Ectoparasites; Macronyssidae; Spinturnicidae; Streblidae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARGASIDAE; ARTHROPODA; CALIGUS; CHIROPTERA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; IXODIDA; MACRONYSSIDAE; MAMMALIA; MEGISTOPODA; MESOSTIGMATA; ORNITHODOROS; SPINTURNICIDAE; STREBLA; STREBLA GUAJIRO; STREBLIDAE; TRICHOBIUS;

EID: 34547819251     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4264.1     Document Type: Article

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