New record of the ectoparasite insect Speiseria ambigua Kessel, 1925 (Diptera: Streblidae) of Platalina genovensium Thomas, 1928 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Peru

By

Velazco, Paúl M.
Autino, Analía G.
Claps, Guillermo L.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014-12-9

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

10

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

1525--1527

Subjects

Diptera , new record , Peru , Platalina genovensium , Speiseria ambigua , Streblidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/10.6.1525

 

Abstract

Platalina genovensium Thomas, 1928, the largest Lonchophyllinae, is a highly specialized phyllostomid bat that feeds primarily on columnar cacti and is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN. Here we report a new record of an ectoparasite insect for Platalina, Speiseria ambigua Kessel, 1925 (Diptera: Streblidae), obtained from a bat inventory carried out in northwestern Peru. Additionally this record represents the northernmost record of Sp. ambigua in Peru.