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Family STREBLIDAE Kolenati, 1863

Bat Flies


Compiler and date details

November 2011 - Scott Ginn, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia

2007 - R. Johnson, data taken from Evenhuis, N.L. Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version, accessed 2007-08)

  • Streblidae Kolenati, 1863.

 

Introduction

Streblidae are a small family of flies found in tropical and subtropical habitats. To date, around 220 species have been described worldwide. The Australian fauna is relatively small with only 5 species in 3 genera. Collectively, Streblidae and the closely related family Nycteribiidae are known as the Bat Flies due to their exclusively parasitic association with bats.

Adults are pupiparous, and puparia are often found on the ground in caves beneath where bats have been roosting. Sexual dimorphism is strong in the subfamily Ascodipterinae with males having heavily reduced mouthparts, and females encysting themselves in host tissue and shedding their wings and legs.

Maa's 1971 publication is the only significant work carried out on the Australian streblid fauna.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
01-Feb-2019 DIPTERA Linnaeus, 1758 11-Jan-2019 MODIFIED
07-Dec-2011 07-Dec-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)