Breaking Trichobius: a new generic name for phyllostomae group (Diptera: Streblidae)
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https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2026.66.045Keywords:
Bat fly, Ectoparasite, New genus, Taxonomy, Trichobiinae, ChiropteraAbstract
The genus of Streblidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) with highest number of species is Trichobius Gervais. This genus is considered non-monophyletic. Here a new genus is erected to harbor the species of Trichobius phyllostomae group. Five new combinations are done, Bianconiia phyllostomae (Kessel) comb. nov., B. brennani (Wenzel) comb. nov., B. vampyropis (Wenzel) comb. nov., B. hispida (Wenzel) comb. nov., and B. petersoni (Wenzel) comb. nov. and one new species is named. Diagnoses, list of host species, maps of distribution and a key for specific identification are provided.
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