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HITHERTO the species of this peculiar genus of Streblidae have been known only from the Malayan sub-region. Thanks to the interest taken on my behalf by Mr. W. W. A. Phillips of St. George Estate, Matugama, well known locally as an authority on the Chiroptera, I have to announce the discovery of an encysted female of the genus in the small leaf-nosed bat of Ceylon, Hipposideros atratus. The specimen was attached to the skin in the vicinity of the tail, whereas previously discovered specimens have been found either in the wing membrane (Adensamer) or at the base of the ear (Muir). The host, also, is of a species in which these parasites have not been hitherto recorded, and Mr. Phillips informs me that it is usually very free from all such, a character which it shares with the rest of its family.
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SENIOR-WHITE, R. Discovery of Ascodipteron in Ceylon. Nature 112, 206 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112206a0
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