Trichobius furmani Wenzel, 1966

Autino, Analía Gladys, Idoeta, Fabricio Miguel, Claps, Guillermo Luis & Barquez, Rubén Marcos, 2020, Ectoparasite insects of bats from the fields and weedlands eco-region of Argentina, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60, pp. 1-9 : 4

Trichobius furmani Wenzel, 1966

Trichobius furmani Wenzel, 1966 in Wenzel et al., 1966: 490, fig. 2A.

Material examined: Misiones: Parque Provincial Teyú Cuaré, 27°17′S, 55°35′W, 10.x.2009, 1 ♀ ( CMLA 763) on Carollia perspicillata ♂ ( FMI 148).

Identification: This species belongs to the parasiticus complex, in which the metasternal lobe is absent. It may be easily differentiated from Trichobius dugesioides Wenzel 1966 , to which it is related, by the extremely long antescutellar bristles, some of which are three or four times as long as the scutal setae immediately anterior to them (less than twice as long in T. dugesioides ); the extensive microsetose area on the prescutum; and the male gonapophyses are long and feebly curved in the lateral view (Wenzel et al., 1966; Graciolli & Carvalho, 2001).

Comments: This species was recorded in Argentina by Autino et al. (2018). Although the host bat for the type specimen is Desmodus rotundus (Phyllostomidae) , it has been also reported on other species of Phyllostomidae , such as Carollia perpicillata , Diphylla ecaudata Spix, 1823 and Glossophaga soricina (Pallas, 1766) , and on the Molossidae species Molossus molossus (Pallas, 1766) .