Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the genus Noctiliostrebla Wenzel, 1966 (Diptera; Streblidae)

• Grant number: 11/16621-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2012
• End date: February 28, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Silvio Shigueo Nihei
• Grantee: Daniel Maximo Corrêa de Alcantara
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Belonging to the Streblidae, a highly specialized family of flies that parasitize exclusively bats, Noctiliostrebla Wenzel, 1966 currently comprises four species divided into two groups, group A, N. dubia (Rudow, 1871) and N. traubi Wenzel, 1966, and Group B, N. aitkeni Wenzel, 1966 and N. maai Wenzel, 1966. The genre is included within the subfamily Trichobiinae, along with Paradyschiria Speiser, 1900, considered his sister-group. With a complicated systematic classification and few studies, Noctiliostrebla is a very homogeneous group with difficult separation between species. Restricted to the American continent, its species exhibit a high degree of specificity in relation to only two species of bats of the genus Noctilio Linnaeus, 1766, N. albiventris Desmarest, 1818 and N. leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758). There are no phylogenetic studies for Noctiliostrebla, and the only studies involving bat flies were made to demonstrate the relationships between Hippoboscoidea families. The project's objectives, making the taxonomic revision of the genus Noctilostrebla Wenzel, 1966 and a chance to rebuild the relationship between species of the genus using morphological and molecular data set consisting of mitochondrial and nuclear genes.

Scientific publications

(7)

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CORREA ALCANTARA, DANIEL MAXIMO; GRACIOLLI, GUSTAVO; ANTUNES, MANUEL, JR.; TOMA, RONALDO; NIHEI, SILVIO SHIGUEO. Biogeographical events, not cospeciation, might be the main drivers in the historical association between Noctiliostrebla species (Streblidae) and their bulldog bat hosts. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 137, n. 4, p. 20-pg., 2022-11-01. (16/20792-7, 13/05131-6, 11/16621-9)

CORREA ALCANTARA, DANIEL MAXIMO; GRACIOLLI, GUSTAVO; NIHEI, SILVIO S.. Revision of Noctiliostrebla (Diptera: Streblidae), parasites of bulldog bats (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae: Noctilio). Zootaxa, v. 4560, n. 3, p. 483-521, FEB 26 2019. (13/05131-6, 11/16621-9)

ALCANTARA, DANIEL MAXIMO CORREA; GRACIOLLI, GUSTAVO; TOMA, RONALDO; SOUZA, CAMILA SILVEIRA. Sex-biased parasitism, host mass and mutualistic bat flies: an antagonistic individual-based network of bat-bat fly interactions. International Journal for Parasitology, v. 52, n. 4, p. 8-pg., 2022-03-06. (11/16621-9, 13/05131-6, 16/20792-7)

CORREA ALCANTARA, DANIEL MAXIMO; SOUZA, CAMILA SILVEIRA; GRACIOLLI, GUSTAVO; NIHEI, SILVIO SHIGUEO. New records of tree roosts of Noctilio albiventris from the Pantanal, Brazil. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, v. 51, n. 3, p. 4-pg., 2016-12-01. (13/05131-6, 11/16621-9)

DE SOUZA, CAMILA SILVEIRA; AOKI, CAMILA; CORREA ALCANTARA, DANIEL MAXIMO; LAROCA, SEBASTIAO; SAZIMA, MARLIES; POTT, ARNILDO; SIGRIST, MARIA ROSANGELA. Diurnal anthophilous fauna in Brazilian Chaco vegetation: phenology and interaction with flora. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, v. 40, n. 1, p. 203-213, MAR 2017. (11/16621-9)

CORREA ALCANTARA, DANIEL MAXIMO; SOUZA, CAMILA SILVEIRA; GRACIOLLI, GUSTAVO; NIHEI, SILVIO SHIGUEO. New records of tree roosts of Noctilio albiventris from the Pantanal, Brazil. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, v. 51, n. 3, p. 235-238, DEC 2016. (13/05131-6, 11/16621-9)

DE SOUZA, CAMILA SILVEIRA; AOKI, CAMILA; CORREA ALCANTARA, DANIEL MAXIMO; LAROCA, SEBASTIAO; SAZIMA, MARLIES; POTT, ARNILDO; SIGRIST, MARIA ROSANGELA. Diurnal anthophilous fauna in Brazilian Chaco vegetation: phenology and interaction with flora. Rev. bras. Bot., v. 40, n. 1, p. 11-pg., 2017-03-01. (11/16621-9)

Academic Publications

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ALCANTARA, Daniel Maximo Corrêa de. Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the genus Noctiliostrebla Wenzel, 1966 (Diptera, Streblidae). 2014. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IBIOC/SB) São Paulo.