Check List 13(1): e19631, doi: 10.15560/13.1.2029
Checklist of ectoparasitic arthropods among cave-dwelling bats from Marinduque Island, Philippines
expand article infoAce Kevin S. Amarga‡, Philip A. Alviola§, Ireneo L. Lit, Jr.§, Sheryl A. Yap|
‡ Crop Protection Cluster, College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines§ Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences and Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines| Crop Protection Cluster, College of Agriculture and Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines

Corresponding author: Ace Kevin Amarga ( ace_amarga061@yahoo.com )

© 2017 Ace Kevin Amarga, Philip Alviola, Ireneo Lit, Jr., Sheryl Yap.
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Citation: Amarga A, Lit, Jr. I, Alviola P, Yap S (2017) Checklist of ectoparasitic arthropods among cave-dwelling bats from Marinduque Island, Philippines. Check List 13(1): 2029. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.1.2029
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Abstract
This paper constitutes the first ectoparasite faunal survey of bats for Marinduque Island, Philippines. From 1–12 June 2010, 150 bats belonging to 11 species were captured in 11 caves on the island. Each bat was sampled for ectoparasitic arthropods, and a total of 587 individuals representing 21 species, belonging to five families (Acari: Argasidae and Spinturnicidae; Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae; and Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) were collected. New host records (new host record) in the Philippines for Brachytarsina cucullata Jobling 1934, B. proxima Jobling 1951, B. werneri Jobling 1951, Raymondia pseudopagodarum Jobling 1951, Eucampsipoda philippinensis Ferris 1924, Nycteribia allotopa Speiser 1901, Nycteribia allotopoides Theodor 1963, Nycteribia parvuloides Theodor 1963, Ancystropus taprobanius (Turk 1950), and Carios batuensis Hirst 1929 were documented. A checklist of the ectoparasitic species known from the Philippines, their distribution, and bat host species is provided.
Keywords
Acari; batflies; Diptera; fleas; Streblidae; mites