Nycteribiidae

Nycteribiidae
Nycteribiidae
Nycteribia kolenatii illustration from British Entomology
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Hippoboscoidea
Family: Nycteribiidae
Samouelle, 1819
Subfamilies

3, see text

Nycteribiidae of the true fly superfamily Hippoboscoidea are known as "bat flies", together with their close relatives the Streblidae. As the latter do not seem to be a monophyletic group, it is conceivable to unite all bat flies in a single family.[1]

They are flattened, spiderlike flies without eyes or wings, and are seldom encountered by general collectors, as they almost never leave the bodies of their hosts. Both males and females take blood meals, thus they qualify as real parasites. Most species are highly host-specific. The family is primarily found in the Old World tropics; a few of the 274[2] known species occur in the Neotropics and in Europe.

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Systematics

  • Subfamily Archinycteribiinae Maa, 1975
  • Genus Archinycteribia Speiser, 1901
  • Subfamily Cyclopodiinae Maa, 1965
  • Subgenus Leptocyclopodia Theodor, 1959
  • Subgenus Oncoposthia Maa, 1966
  • Subfamily Nycteribiinae Westwood, 1835
  • Genus Basilia Miranda Ribeiro, 1903
  • Subgenus Basilia Miranda Ribeiro, 1903
  • Subgenus Conotibia Theodor, 1967
  • Subgenus Paracyclopodia Scott, 1917
  • Subgenus Tripselia Scott, 1917
  • Genus Hershkovitzia Guimarães & d'Andretta, 1956
  • Genus Nycteribia Latreille, 1796
  • Subgenus Eremoctenia Scott, 1917
  • Subgenus Penicillidia Kolenati, 1863
  • Genus Phthiridium Hermann, 1804
  • Genus Stereomyia Theodor, 1967[2]

References

  1. ^ Petersen, Frederik Torp; Meier, Rudolf; Kutty, Sujatha Narayanan & Wiegmann, Brian M. (2007). [doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.023 "The phylogeny and evolution of host choice in the Hippoboscoidea (Diptera) as reconstructed using four molecular markers"]. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45 (1): 111–122. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.023. PMID 17583536. doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.023. 
  2. ^ a b Gustavo Graciolli, Carl W. Dick (22 October 2008) (PDF). Checklist of World Nycteribiidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea). Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 9. http://fm1.fieldmuseum.org/aa/Files/cdick/Nycteribiidae_Checklist_22oct08.pdf. Retrieved 10 December 2008. 

Further reading

  • Bertola, P.B.; Aires, C.C.; Favorito, S.E.; Graciolli, G.; Amaku, M. & Pinto-da-Rocha, R. (2005): Bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae, Nycteribiidae) parasitic on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) at Parque Estadual da Cantareira, São Paulo, Brazil: parasitism rates and host-parasite associations. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 100(1): 25-32.doi:10.1590/S0074-02762005000100005 PDF fulltext
  • Graciolli, G. & Moura, M.O. (2005): Basilia quadrosae sp. nov. (Diptera: Nycteribiidae), member of the ferruginea group, from southern Brazil. Zootaxa 1087: 33–38. PDF abstract and first page text
  • Graciolli, G.; Passos, F.C.; Pedro, W.A. & Lim, B.K. (2002): Records of Streblidae and Nycteribiidae (Diptera) on vespertilionid bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from São Paulo State, Brazil. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 110(3): 402-404. doi:10.1664/0028-7199(2002)110[402:ROSAND]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract
  • Graciolli, G.; Dick, C.W. & Gettinger, D. (2006): A faunal survey of nycteribiid flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) associated with bats in Paraguay. Zootaxa 1220: 35-46. PDF fulltext
  • Graciolli, G.; Autino, A.G. & Claps, G.L. (2007): Catalogue of American Nycteribiidae (Diptera, Hippoboscoidea). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 51(2): 142-159. doi:10.1590/S0085-56262007000200004 PDF fulltext

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