Abstract
Hershkovitzia Guimarães & D'Andretta, 1956 belongs to Nycteribiidae, composed of hematophagous species exclusively ectoparasites of bats. The new species was collected from the bat Thyroptera devivoi Gregorin, Gonçalves, Lim & Engstrom, 2006 (Chiroptera: Thyropteridae) from Barreirinhas in Maranhão State, Brazil. Herein, we proposed schematic drawings of the abdomen, legs and head. We also proposed an identification key to species of Hershkovitzia.
Highlights
Nycteribiidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) is composed of hematophagous flies that are exclusive ectoparasites of bats (Peterson & Wenzel 1987, Graciolli 2010)
The first group is characterized by having a row of abdominal ctenidium covering the entire posterior margin of sternite 1+2, in addition to tibia II with two rows in the median portion
An Acad Bras Cienc (2022) 94(1) e20191161 5 | 7. This group is composed of H. primitiva, H. coeca and H. cabala
Summary
Nycteribiidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) is composed of hematophagous flies that are exclusive ectoparasites of bats (Peterson & Wenzel 1987, Graciolli 2010). The family is divided into three subfamilies, including Nycteribiinae, Cyclopodiinae and Archinycteribiinae, with a total of 11 genera and 276 species (Graciolli 2010, Graciolli et al 2016, Graciolli & Dick 2018). In the New World, only two genera of the subfamily Nycteribiinae are known. Basilia Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903, currently contains 116 described species, of which 49 are restricted to the New World. Hershkovitzia Guimarães & D’Andretta, 1956, contains four described species (H. cabala Peterson & Lacey, 1985; H. coeca Theodor, 1967; H. inaequalis Theodor, 1967 and H. primitiva Guimarães & D’Andretta, 1956), all restricted to the Neotropical Region (Graciolli et al 2007, 2016, Graciolli & Dick 2018)
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