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Latrocimex spectrans Lent, 1941 parasitando Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758) em Casimiro de Abreu, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

2008; Volume: 14; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

2317-6105

Carlos Eduardo Lustosa Esbérard,

Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

Latrocimex spectrans Lent, 1941 parasiting Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Casimiro de Abreu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Here it is described a new record of Latrocimex spectrans parasitizing one individual of the great bulldog bat (Noctilio leporinus). The host was captured immediately after emerging from its roost located in a hollow tree in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. It had eight individuals of Latrocimex spectrans as parasites. The low prevalence observed (one positive individual from 280 bats examined) confirmed the rarity of this finding. Keywords: Cimicidae, Noctilionidae, parasitism, southeastern Brazil.