Checklist of Insect Ectoparasites of Mexican Bats
A checklist of insects (Arthropoda: Hexapoda: Insecta) that parasitize Mexican bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) is presented: a total of 100 species grouped in 6 families and 3 orders are registered; these are recorded to infect a total of 69 species of bats in the country. The parasites are bat-flies of the families Nycteribiidae (10 species) and Streblidae (74 species) (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea), bat-bugs of the families Cimicidae (4 species) and Polyctenidae (1 species) (Hemiptera: Cimicoidea), bat-fleas of the family Ischnopsyllidae (10 species), and a chiggerflea of the family Tungidae (1 species) (Siphonaptera: Ceratophylloidea and Pulicoidea).
Authors
- Alan Cuxim‐Koyoc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5449-8954)
- Manuel de Luna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0746-0507)
- A. Nayelli Rivera‐Villanueva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9190-4317)
- Gerardo Cuéllar-Rodríguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4969-611X)
- Antonio Guzmán-Velasco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0534-1328)
- Karen Lucero Flores-Román
Institutions
- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (MX)
- Secretaría de Investigación, Innovación y Educación Superior (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Parasitology
- Published
- 2025-09-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1645/24-38
- Primary Topic
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00