Food and ectoparasites of bats on the galapagos Islands

• Autorzy: Whitaker J.O. , McCracken G. F.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The estimated volume of food (feces and stomach contents combined) from 11 red bats, Lasiurus (borealis) brachyotis, from the Galapagos Islands consisted of 86.8% Lepidoptera and included six different prey items. The diet of three hoary bats, L. cinereus villosissimus, consisted of 76.8% Lepidoptera and contained at least eight identifiable food taxa. Two species of ectoparasites were found on both bat species, a batfly Basilia ferruginia (Nycteribiidae), and a labidocarpid mite Olabidocarpus americanus. The macronyssid mite Steatonyssus furmani was found only on L. (b.) brachyotis, whereas two myobiid mites, Acanthophthirius lasiurus and Pteracarus completus, were found only on L. cinereus. None of the parasites had recognizably diverged from their mainland counterparts.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Chiropterologica
• Rocznik: 2001
• Tom: 03
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.63-69,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Whitaker J.O.

• Department of Life Sciences, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA

autor

McCracken G. F.

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