New Geographic Records of the Flying Fox Bat Fly Cyclopodia horsfieldi de Meijere, 1899 (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) from the Philippines

Abstract. This paper presents new geographic records for the nycteribiid bat fly Cyclopodia horsfieldi de Meijere, a widespread Old World endemic species parasitic on flying foxes. Additionally, this account represents the first published record of C. horsfieldi on Tawi-Tawi Island and in the Bicol Peninsula (southern Luzon)

First Record of Amblyomma helvolum Koch (Ixodidae: Amblyomminae) Parasitism on Diploderma swinhonis (Günther) (Agamidae: Draconinae) on the Main Island of Taiwan

Abstract. This article presents the first recorded instance of the reptile tick Amblyomma helvolum infesting Swinhoe's Japalure (Diploderma swinhonis) on the main island of Taiwan. Prior to this, the only published record of A. helvolum infestation on D. swinhonis was from Orchid Island

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

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 Eoctenes Kirkaldy: E. spasmae (Waterhouse) and E. intermedius (Speiser). The first Philippine record for the genus was reported in 1961 from Northern Luzon. This paper presents the first record of Eoctenes in Southern Luzon, with key to the Cimicoidea ectoparasitic on bats in the Philippines

New Geographic Records of the Flying Fox Bat Fly Cyclopodia horsfieldi de Meijere, 1899 (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) from the Philippines

Abstract. This paper presents new geographic records for the nycteribiid bat fly Cyclopodia horsfieldi de Meijere, a widespread Old World endemic species parasitic on flying foxes. Additionally, this account represents the first published record of C. horsfieldi on Tawi-Tawi Island and in the Bicol Peninsula (southern Luzon)

First Record of Amblyomma helvolum Koch (Ixodidae: Amblyomminae) Parasitism on Diploderma swinhonis (Günther) (Agamidae: Draconinae) on the Main Island of Taiwan

Abstract. This article presents the first recorded instance of the reptile tick Amblyomma helvolum infesting Swinhoe's Japalure (Diploderma swinhonis) on the main island of Taiwan. Prior to this, the only published record of A. helvolum infestation on D. swinhonis was from Orchid Island

Eggs survive through avian guts—A possible mechanism for transoceanic dispersal of flightless weevils

Abstract How flightless animals disperse to remote oceanic islands is a key unresolved question in biogeography. The flightless Pachyrhynchus weevils represent repetitive colonization history in West Pacific islands, which attracted our interests about how some weevils have successfully dispersed in the reverse direction against the sea current. Here, we propose endozoochory as a possible mechanism that the eggs of the weevils might be carried by embedded in the fruits as the food of frugivorous birds. In this study, Pachyrhynchus eggs were embedded in small pieces of persimmon fruits (Diospyros kaki) and fed to captive frugivorous birds. After digestion, 83%–100% eggs were retrieved from the feces of a bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus) and two thrushes (Turdus chrysolaus). The retrieved eggs had hatching rates higher than 84%, which were not different from the control. In contrast, no egg was retrieved from the feces of the frugivorous pigeon (Treron sieboldii), which took a longer retention time in the guts. Our study identified that the eggs of Pachyrhynchus weevils are possible to be transported by internal digesting in some bird species

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These datasets were used in the study of "Comparative phylogeography in the Taiwan-Luzon volcanic belt indicates fast diversification history of Pachyrhynchus weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)" which has been submitted to Insect Systematics and Diversity. </p

The East Indies reptile tick Amblyomma helvolum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae), taxonomy, biology and new host records, including the first record of human infestation

Amblyomma helvolum is a widespread, generalist ectoparasite of reptiles in the oriental region, and has the potential to become highly invasive should it be inadvertently introduced outside its native range through the exotic pet trade. All life stages of A. helvolum are re-characterised morphologically and the first examples of nanism (dwarfism) and gynandromorphy (male and female tissue in one animal) for the species are described. Eighteen new hosts records are presented for A. helvolum, including the first case of human infestation. The taxonomy, distribution, ecology, phenology, disease associations, and invasion biology of the species are also discussed