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ECOSYSTEMS • An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc. 94 (1) • 2022 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202120191161   copy

A New Species of Hershkovitzia (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) from Maranhão, Brazil

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Abstract

Hershkovitzia Guimarães & D’Andretta, 1956 belongs to Nycteribiidae, composed of hematophagous species exclusively ectoparasites of bats. The new species was collected from the bat Thyroptera devivoi Gregorin, Gonçalves, Lim & Engstrom, 2006 (Chiroptera: Thyropteridae) from Barreirinhas in Maranhão State, Brazil. Herein, we proposed schematic drawings of the abdomen, legs and head. We also proposed an identification key to species of Hershkovitzia.

Key words
bat fly; taxonomy; Thyroptera; Chiroptera

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