Open AccessTHE ALLEGED OBLIGATE ECTOPARASITISM OF MYOTYPHLUS JANSONI (MATTHEWS) (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE)
Author(s) -
HamiltonSmith E.,
Adams D. J. H.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1966.tb00678.x
Subject(s) - obligate , biology , cave , guano , tribe , genus , zoology , ecology , law , political science
Myotyphlus jansoni (Matthews), previously considered an obligate ectoparasite of Rattus spp., is reported from bat guano in caves at Warrnambool, Victoria and Jenolan, New South Wales. This finding suggests that the genus Myotyphlus (Fauvel), assigned by Seevers to the tribe Amblyopinini, may need to be replaced in the Quediini.