Ascodipteron (Diptera, Nycteribiidae, streblid grade) from China: a new species from the lesser brown horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus stheno

Authors: Sun, Hao-ran DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1273.183551 Published: Jan. 1, 2026 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Ascodipteron · Topics: Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Rabies epidemiology and control

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Ascodipteron euryale sp. nov. is described from Yunnan Province, China, based on dealate neosomic females extracted from the base of the ear of the lesser brown horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus stheno K. Andersen, 1905; it is the first record of a species of Ascodipteron Adensamer, 1896 from this bat. Morphological evidence is further supported by molecular data from the cytochrome b (Cytb) and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) genes. A detailed comparison of the new species with related species is provided, and the new species is accommodated in the most recent key to the world species of Ascodipteron.

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