Abstract
New information is presented for bats and their ectoparasite insects from the Argentine Field and Weedlands Ecoregion. Bats of the families Molossidae, Phyllostomidae and Vespertilionidae containing ectoparasites belonging to families Polyctenidae (Hemiptera), Nycteribiidae and Streblidae (Diptera) were collected. Here is presented the first record of Hesperoctenes cartus Jordan, 1922 for Argentina. Basilia plaumanni Scott, 1940 and H. vicinus Jordan, 1922 are added to the province of Misiones and Paratrichobius longicrus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1907) is added to the province of Corrientes. Additionally, the distributions of some ectoparasite insects are extended and new host-ectoparasite associations are reported.
Highlights
IntroductionIn Argentina, most of the studies about bat ectoparasites have been carried out in the northwest region (Autino et al, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2016; Claps & Autino, 2012; Lareschi et al, 2016) and in some localities of the northeast of the country (Autino et al, 1998, 2000a, b, 2018; Claps et al, 2004; Oscherov et al, 2006, 2012; Claps & Autino, 2012; Di Benedetto et al, 2017)
New information is presented for bats and their ectoparasite insects from the Argentine Field and Weedlands Ecoregion
We add new information that represents the first survey on bat ectoparasites from the Fields and Weedlands Ecoregion
Summary
In Argentina, most of the studies about bat ectoparasites have been carried out in the northwest region (Autino et al, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2016; Claps & Autino, 2012; Lareschi et al, 2016) and in some localities of the northeast of the country (Autino et al, 1998, 2000a, b, 2018; Claps et al, 2004; Oscherov et al, 2006, 2012; Claps & Autino, 2012; Di Benedetto et al, 2017). The Fields and Weedlands ecoregion (located in northeastern Argentina, covering part of the provinces of Corrientes and Misiones) hosts 38 species of bats (Idoeta, 2017), the information about their ectoparasite insects is almost unknown. Taking advantage of a study of bats in the region, we collected and studied their ectoparasite insects. This allowed us to update the species information for some obligate-hematophagous ectoparasite species of the families Nycteribiidae, Streblidae (Diptera) and Polyctenidae (Hemiptera), and present the first available information on the subject for this ecoregion.
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