Hemoparasitos e ectoparasitos de algumas espécies de morcegos (Chiroptera) que utilizam abrigos artificiais no município de Juiz de Fora-MG

Abstract

Aiming at verifying the occurrence of haemoparasites and ectoparasites in bats that live under artificial shelters, 66 bats of the species Anoura caudifer (23), Carollia perspicillata (11), Glossophaga soricina (16), Molossus molossus (9), Myotis nigricans (1), Promops nasutus (2) and Tadarida brasilienseis (4) were captured from april to november 2000 in the localities of Vale do Ipê, Torreões, São Mateus and Jardim do Sol, in Juiz de Fora City, MG. Blood samples were taken from a foot vein and examined in fresh and in stained smears. Litomosoides (Onchocercidae) microfilaries were found in 25% of the host bats, corresponding to A. caudifer (9), C. perspicillata (3), and G. soricina (4), captured in Torreões. Ectoparasites were collected manually and preserved in 70° GL alcohol. The ectoparasites found were Rhyncopsyllus pulex Haller, 1880 (Siphonaptera, Tungidae) in M. molossus, Trichobius tiptoni Wenzel, 1976 and Anastrebla caudiferae Wenzel, 1976 (Diptera, Streblidae) in A. caudifer, C. perspicillata e G. soricina and mites from the family Spinturnicidae Oudemans, 1901 in A. caudifer and G. soricina. Fort the first time, the presence of dipterans A. caudiferae in C. perspicillata and in G. soricina and of T. tiptoni in G. soricina is mentioned.