Checklist of bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) and their associated bat hosts in Malaysia

By

Azhar, Isham
Anwarali Khan, Faisal Ali
Ismail, Norwahidah
Abdullah, M. T.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-10-27

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

11

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

1777--12

Subjects

bat flies , Bats , host , Nycteribiidae , Streblidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/11.5.1777

 

Abstract

The number of publications on bat flies of Malaysia suggests that this group of parasitic dipterans is understudied. From April 2011 to September 2013, we surveyed 10 localities from seven states in Malaysia with the main objective to compile a checklist of bat flies. As a result, a total of 15 species of bat flies were recorded from 24 species of hosts. Our surveys indicated that there is a correlation between the number of bat species and the number of bat flies species recorded due to the host specific nature of bat flies.