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SUBMITTER: Szentivanyi T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9526025 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Szentiványi Tamara T Hornok Sándor S Kovács Áron B ÁB Takács Nóra N Gyuranecz Miklós M Markotter Wanda W Christe Philippe P Glaizot Olivier O
Ecology and evolution 20221001 10
Polyctenidae bugs are rarely studied, hematophagous, and highly specialized ectoparasites of bats. There are only 32 described species worldwide, including six species in the Afrotropical region. Knowledge on these parasites is limited, and most studies are restricted to the New World polyctenid species. Here we report additional records of <i>Adroctenes horvathi</i> from Kenya and South Africa, as well as <i>Hypoctenes faini</i> from Rwanda. We present an updated list of published polyctenid re ...[more]