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Streblid batflies (Diptera, Streblidae) on phyllostomid bats from eaves in Distrito Federal Brazil

A survey of streblid batflies on phyllostomid bats was carried out from caves in Distrito Federal, Brazil during 1997 and 1998. Thirteen species were found on eight species of bats. Two species of batflies, Trichobius lonchophyllae Wenzel, 1966 and T. propinquus Wenzel, 1976, are new records for Brazil.

Streblidae; Phyllostomidae; ectoparasites; Cerrado


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