The chiggerflea Hectopsylla pulex (Siphonaptera: Tungidae): infestation on Molossus molossus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in the Central Andes of Colombia

Some species of mastiff bats, Molossus Geoffroy, 1805, inhabit human shelters such as houses and barns. Among them, the Pallas’s mastiff bat, Molossus molossus Pallas, 1766, is the most common species in South America. There are a few studies on this bat in Colombia, mostly on colony...

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Main Authors: Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves, Andrés Fernando Tamayo-Zuluaga, Jose J. Henao-Osorio, Alexandra Cardona-Giraldo, Paula A. Ossa-López, Fredy A. Rivera-Páez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-11-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
Online Access:https://zoologia.pensoft.net/article/53092/download/pdf/