Classification > Superfamily
Cimicoidea
> Family
Polyctenidae
> Subfamily
Hesperocteninae
> Genus
Hesperoctenes
Hesperoctenes fumarius (Westwood 1874)
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
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- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Entre Ríos
- Jujuy
- Salta
- Tucumán
Other distribution
Also known from Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and Virgin Islands (St. Croix) (Autino et al. 1999, Autino & Claps 2000).
- Polyctenes fumarius Westwood 1874
Collected on Molossus molossus, Promops nasutus, and Eumpos bonariensis (Chiroptera, Molossidae) (Autino et al. 1999, 2009, Autino & Claps 2000), and Eumops glaucinus (Autino et al. 2009).
- AUTINO A.G, CLAPS, G.I. & BARQUEZ R.M. 1999. INSECTOS ECTOPARASITOS DE MURCIELAGOS DE LAS YUNGAS DE LA ARGENTINA, Acta Zoologica Mexicana 78: 119-169.
- AUTINO A.G. & CLAPS G.L. 2000. Catalogue of the ectoparasitic insects of the bats of Argentina. Insecta Mundo 14(4): 193- 208.
- AUTINO A.G, CLAPS, G.I. SÁNCHEZ M.S. & BARQUEZ R.M. 2009. New Records of Bat Ectoparasites (Diptera, Hemiptera and Siphonaptera) from Northern Argentina. Neotropical Entomology 38(2):165-177.
