Ectoparasite insects of bats from the fields and weedlands eco-region of Argentina
Author
Autino, Analía Gladys
Author
Idoeta, Fabricio Miguel
Author
Claps, Guillermo Luis
Author
Barquez, Rubén Marcos
text
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
2020
2020-12-11
60
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.64
journal article
10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.64
1807-0205
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Megistopoda aranea
(
Coquillett, 1899
)
Pterellipsis aranea
Coquillett, 1899: 334
.
Megistopoda aranea:
Wenzel
et al.,
1966: 541-542
.
Material examined:
Misiones
:
Estancia Prates
,
Barra
Concepción
,
28°05′S
,
55°32′W
,
05.iii.2011
,
1 ♀
(
CMLA 725
) and
1 ♂
(
CMLA 726
)
on
Artibeus fimbriatus
♀
(
FMI 271
)
;
27.iii.2011
,
1 ♀
(
CMLA 728
) and
1 ♂
(
CMLA 727
)
on
A. fimbriatus
♀
(
FMI 285
)
;
Parque Provincial Teyú Cuaré
,
27°17′S
,
55°35′W
,
11.xii.2009
, (4)
2 ♀
(
CMLA 732
,
733
) and
2 ♂
(
CMLA 730
,
731
)
on
A. lituratus
♀
(
FMI 151
)
;
Reserva Ecológica Tupá Puojhá
(
Fachinal
),
27°37′S
,
55°43′W
,
30.iv.2010
,
1 ♀
(
CMLA 729
),
on
A. fimbriatus
♀
(
FMI 20
)
.
Identification:
This species is easily distinguishable from
M. proxima
by its long and narrow wings with two veins that unite with the costa; very long legs, including a hind femur nearly as long as the entire body; prescutum with very weak setae along the median suture; and lateral margins along the longitudinal membranous suture that include one or two stronger setae.
Comments:
This species had only been previously identified in one locality in
Corrientes province
(Autino
et al.,
2009) and several in Misiones, having recently been cited for the Osununú-Teyú Cuaré AICOM (Area of Importance for the Conservation of Bats) (Autino
et al.,
2018). It has also been cited for some localities in the northwestern
Argentina
(
Jujuy
,
Salta
and
Tucumán
) (Autino
et al.,
1999, 2009).
The known host records for
Megistopoda aranea
are mainly from bats of the family
Phyllostomidae
, as
Artibeus fimbriatus
,
A. lituratus
,
A. planirostris
(Spix, 1823)
and
Desmodus rotundus
É. Geoffroy, 1810
(
García, 1959
; Barquez
et al.,
1991; Autino
et al.,
1992, 1998, 1999, 2000b, 2009, 2018).