Host and host-site specificity of bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae and Nycteribiidae) on Neotropical bats (Chiroptera)

By Hannah M. ter Hofstede, M. B. Fenton, John O Whitaker, Jr.. 2004

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Relationships between roost preferences, ectoparasite density, and grooming behaviour of neotropical bats (2005, background): “This difference in grooming behaviours reflects differences in host-site preference: mites were almost only found on the membranes, whereas 13 of 22 bat fly species preferred fur over membrane, and each bat species had at least one bat fly species that specialized on fur (ter Hofstede et al., 2004).”
Roosting habits of bats affect their parasitism by bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae) (2007, background): “Body-size variation of the bats may influence parasite loads, offering parasites different-sized resource patches (Guégan et al. 1992, Poulin 1995, ter Hofstede et al. 2004).”
Bat flies: Obligate ectoparasites of bats (2006, background): “Peterson and Wenzel (1987) suggested that the life cycle of nycteribiids is rather uniform.”
High host specificity of obligate ectoparasites (2007, background): “Among samples of Belizean bat flies, ter Hofstede et al. (2004) reported that 25 of 32 species (78”