Ocorrência de Lipoptena mazama e Lipoptena guimaraesi (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) em veado-catingueiro (Mazama gouazoubira) no sul do Brasil

Pinheiro, Mariana FacciniBonato, Raquel MuhlbeierIkeda, PriscilaSouza, Rodrigo Antonio Martins deCarrasco, Adriano de Oliveira TorresSeki, Meire Christina

The genus Lipoptena includes hematophagous insects of the family Hippoboscidae that parasitize different deer species. The present study aims to identify 19 flies that parasitize deer of the genus Mazama in the State of Paraná, Brazil. We analyzed 18 flies (Lipoptena mazamae) and 1 Lipoptena guimaraesi. This study expands the host list for L. guimaraesi, previously restricted to a single deer species (Ozotoceros bezoarticus).(AU)

1. cervid
2. cervídeo
3. Hippoboscidae
4. Diptera
5. wildlife parasite
6. parasito de animal silvestre