Amarga, Ace Kevin S.
Yap, Sheryl A.
2017-05-17
<p><strong>Polyctenidae Westwood, also known as bat bugs, is a haematophagous group of hemipterans exclusively ectoparasitic on bats and is closely related to Cimicidae Latreille. These bugs are dorsoventrally flattened with conspicuous ctenidia, apterous, anophthalmus, possess well-developed legs, and reproduce via pseudoplacental viviparity. They are rare compared to other insect taxa ectoparasitic on bats as evinced by a relatively small number of museum collections and described taxa. Worldwide, it is represented by 2 subfamilies, 5 genera, and 32 species. In the Philippines, it is only represented by two species from the genus <em>Eoctenes</em> Kirkaldy: <em>E. spasmae</em> (Waterhouse) and <em>E. intermedius</em> (Speiser). The first Philippine record for the genus was reported in 1961 from Northern Luzon. This paper presents the first record of <em>Eoctenes</em> in Southern Luzon, with key to the Cimicoidea ectoparasitic on bats in the Philippines.</strong></p>
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.580473
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HALTERES, 8, 25-29, (2017-05-17)
Cimicoidea, Eoctenes, new record, Polyctenidae, Southern Luzon
Search for the blind vampire: First record of Eoctenes Kirkaldy in Southern Luzon, (Hemiptera: Polyctenidae), with key to the Cimicoidea, ectoparasitic on bats in the Philippines
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