Note on bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) and ectoparasite flies (Insecta, Diptera) from Serra do Pardo National Park, Pará state, Brazil

Abstract

Bats have a great diversity of eating habits, means that they can be used as indicators of environmental quality, in addition to providing ecosystem services such as: seed dispersal, structuring of plant communities and insect control. In addition, the interaction of bats with ectoparasites may allow a better understanding of the associated ecological and evolutionary processes. The main of this work is contribute for the knowledge of bats and their ectoparasite fly species from Serra do Pardo National Park, Xingu-Tapajos interfluve, Pará state, Brazil. The capture of the bats was performed in four sampling points, through fog networks and active search. Each bat individual captured, the coat and wings were inspected to remove ectoparasitic flies. We sampled 13 bat individuals, represented by two families (Phyllostomidae and Molossidae), six genera and six species, being C. perspicillata the most abundant. As for the trophic guild, we observed insectivorous and frugivorous species, being the latter the most abundant species. For ectoparasite flies, we observed only the family Streblidae. All ectoparasites were related to C. perspicillata individuals.