Concurrent infestation with Basilia roylii and Cimex hemipterus in a greater Asiatic yellow bat (Scotophilus heathi)
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2020
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Abstract
The present communication deals with concurrent infestation of a fly and bug in
a greater Asiatic yellow bat (Scotophilus heathi) from Cauvery delta region of Tamil
Nadu. The injured bat, on external examination revealed the presence of three flies
and one bug specimen. The flies were identified as female Basilia roylii belonging to the
family Nycteribiidae and the bug as female Cimex hemipterus belonging to the family
Cimicidae. This study is the first to establish the concurrent infection of nycteribiid fly
and cimicid bug in Scotophilus heathi from Cauvery delta region of Tamil Nadu.
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TNV_JVP_2020_34(2)132-134
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Veterinary Science