Records of bat flies (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) collected from Palawan and nearby islands, the Philippines

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Ace Kevin S. Amarga

Department of Biology, College of Science, De La Salle University, Taft Avenue, Manila 1004, Philippines. / International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission (IUCN-SSC) Parasite Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland. /Department

Michael W. Hastriter

Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, P.O. Box 20200, Provo, Utah 84602-0200, U.S.A.

Abstract

The Greater Palawan faunal region is one of the major ecoregions in the Philippines and comprises Palawan, Busuanga, Culion, Balabac, Coron, Dumaran, Cuyo, and smaller adjacentislands. Chiropteran fauna of this ecoregion is represented by more than 30 species, including Philippine endemics such as Acerodon leucotis (Sanborn, 1950) (Palawan flying fox) and Rhinolophus virgo Andersen, 1905 (Yellow-faced horseshoe bat). This paper presents an account of streblid and nycteribiid bat flies found in the region, including new geographic records from Balabac municipality and mainland Palawan. In addition, this paper provides the first checklist of bat ectoparasites found in the Greater Palawan faunal region of the Philippines.

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