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At the edge of darkness: A framework for the evolution of visual systems in dim light
Functional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 10, Page 2626-2636, October 2025.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Light is an important biological cue for all living things. For animals, where many behaviours are driven by sensory input from the eyes, light is also a critical environmental feature shaping animal eye evolution, with the intensity of light (i.e.
Megan L. Porter
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First Record of Bat Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) on Batan Island, Southern Luzon, Philippines
, 2023 Abstract: This preliminary report presents the bat fly fauna on Batan Island, one of the islands constituting the municipality of Rapu-Rapu, Albay province, the Philippines. During a rapid biodiversity assessment conducted in December 2015, six species of bat flies belonging to the genera Brachytarsina Macquart, Eucampsipoda Kolenati, Leptocyclopodia ...
ACE KEVIN S. AMARGA, JEREMIAH S. AMARGA
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Parasites & Vectors, 2018 Background Melophagus ovinus (sheep ked) is a blood-feeding ectoparasite that belongs to the family Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) and mainly parasitizes sheep. The life-cycle of M. ovinus consists of three stages: larva, pupa and adult.
Li Zhao +6 more
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Historia Naturalis Bulgarica, 2023 Cyclopodia horsfieldi de Meijere, 1899 is an Old World nycteribiid bat fly primarily ectoparasitic to flying foxes (Pteropodidae). This is the first record of C. horsfieldi on Ursula Island, Philippines.
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, 2023 The bat fly fauna of Cebu Island is poorly studied as evidenced by relatively few published records. This paper presents records of bat flies (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) associated with fruit bats on Cebu Island, Philippines with additional island records. These records are as follows: Cyclopodia horsfieldi (ex. Pteropus hypomelanus & P.
ACE KEVIN S. AMARGA +1 more
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STREBLID BAT FLIES ON PHYLLOSTOMID BATS FROM AN ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
Papéis Avulsos de ZoologiaStreblidae is the family of bloodsucking flies, mostly tropical and subtropical, that are obligate ectoparasites of bats. A high number of these fly species are found in the Atlantic Forest, but there is little information about their quantitative ...
GUILHERME DOUGLAS PIEL DORNELLES +1 more
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Muscomorpha: Acalyptrata, Familia Chloropidae Calyptrata, Superfamilias Muscoidea e Hippoboscoidea
, 2023 Dentro del Orden Diptera, Suborden Brachycera (moscas con antenas cortas), se ubica elclado Cyclorrhapha o Muscomorpha, un grupo de enorme diversidad y con muchas especies deimportancia sanitaria (Tabla 1). Se caracterizan, entre otras particularidades, porque al emerger,los adultos salen del pupario por el extremo anterior a través de una abertura ...
Maciá, Arnaldo +2 more
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Lista das espécies de Hippoboscoidea (Diptera) no estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil [PDF]
Iheringia. Série Zoologia, 2017 RESUMO Uma listagem das espécies de Hippoboscidae, Nycteribiidae e Streblidae, seus hospedeiros e localidades no estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, baseada em dados de literatura e no acervo de coleções científicas, é apresentada. Cinquenta e três espécies são registradas, sendo Xenotrichobius noctilionis Wenzel, 1976 reportada pela primeira vez no Brasil.
Graciolli, Gustavo +4 more
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The Corpus Allatum of the Sheep Ked, Melophagus Ovinus L.
, 1943 Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 1-2, Page 1-8, 1943.
M. F. Day
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Some Like It Hot: Evolution and Ecology of Novel Endosymbionts in Bat Flies of Cave-Roosting Bats (Hippoboscoidea, Nycterophiliinae) [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2012 ABSTRACTWe investigated previously unknown associations between bacterial endosymbionts and bat flies of the subfamily Nycterophiliinae (Diptera, Streblidae). Molecular analyses revealed a novel clade ofGammaproteobacteriainNycterophiliabat flies. This clade was not closely related toArsenophonus-like microbes found in its sister genusPhalconomusand ...
Solon F, Morse +3 more
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