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      New records of ectoparasitic Acari (Arachnida) and Streblidae (Diptera) from bats in Jalisco, Mexico.

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          Abstract

          Ectoparasites of bats in the Neotropics are diverse and play numerous ecological roles as vectors of microbial pathogens and endoparasites and as food sources for other cave fauna living both on their hosts and in bat roosts. The ectoparasites of bats in Jalisco State of western Mexico have not been as well described as those of other states with recent checklists that have focused primarily on the Yucatan Peninsula. We captured bats from 2011-2015 on the south coast and Sierra de Amula, Jalisco using mist nets, and we removed ectoparasites by hand. We identified 24 species of streblid bat flies and six ectoparasitic mites from bats caught in mist nets. There were an additional eight possibly undescribed species of Streblidae. Our collections extend the known range of species into Jalisco.

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          Journal
          J Vector Ecol
          Journal of vector ecology : journal of the Society for Vector Ecology
          Wiley
          1948-7134
          1081-1710
          Dec 2016
          : 41
          : 2
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Departamento de Salud y Ecología Humana, Universidad de Guadalajara, México.
          [2 ] Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Guadalajara, México.
          [3 ] Department of Pathobiological Sciences, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
          [4 ] Tomsk State University, Siberia, Russian Federation.
          [5 ] Western Compliance Assurance Branch, USDA-APHIS-BRS, Fort Collins, CO 80526, U.S.A.
          Article
          10.1111/jvec.12228
          27860017
          7c3dcd22-7f5b-4e06-8818-be607b80bcc5
          History

          Emballonuridae,Phyllostomidae,Spinturnicidae,Streblidae,Laelapidae

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