Browsing Faculty Research Publications (Zoology) by Subject "Dominican Republic amber"

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Vetufebrus ovatus n. gen., n. sp (Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) vectored by a streblid bat fly (Diptera: Streblidae) in Dominican amber

Poinar, George O., Jr. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2011-12-07)

Background: Both sexes of bat flies in the families Nycteribiidae and Streblidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) reside in the hair or on the wing membranes of bats and feed on blood. Members of the Nycteribiidae transmit bat ...