Host and host-site specificity of bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae and Nycteribiidae) on Neotropical bats (Chiroptera)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 616-626

  Ter Hofstede, Hannah M ^a   Fenton, M Brock ^b   Whitaker Jr , John O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MORPHOLOGY;

BAT FLIES; ECTOPARASITE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECTOPARASITE; GROOMING; HOST LOCATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

CHIROPTERA; DIPTERA; NYCTERIBIIDAE; STREBLIDAE;

EID: 4043177746     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z04-030     Document Type: Article

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