Pupal deposition and ecology of bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae): Trichobius sp. (Caecus Group) in a Mexican cave habitat

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 308-314

  Dittmar, Katharina ^a,b   Dick, Carl W ^b   Patterson, Bruce D ^b   Whiting, Michael F ^c   Gruwell, Matthew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; CAVE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTOPARASITE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLY; HOST LOCATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION; PUPA; ROOST SITE; SPIDER;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FLY; HABITAT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); TRICHOBIUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BAT; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; INSECT; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARANEAE; CHIROPTERA; DIPTERA; NATALIDAE; NATALUS STRAMINEUS; STREBLIDAE; TRICHOBIUS;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; MEXICO; PUPA;

EID: 67651102791     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1664.1     Document Type: Article

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