Polyctenidae
The Polyctenidae are a rarely collected family of parasitic bugs of the superfamily Cimicoidea. Polyctenidae species or bat bugs are obligate, hematophagous ectoparasites of bats. These insects are not to be confused with cimicid bat bugs, which are members of the family Cimicidae. A significant relationship appears to soccurbetween the family groups and the species of hosts that indicates co-evolution and specialization.
There are currently 32 species of polyctenid bat bugs recognized world wide belonging to two subfamilies and five genera. Polyctenidae species occur both in the Old World and New World.
These species are included:
Subfamily Polycteninae:
Genus Adroctenes
- Adroctenes horvathi
- Adroctenes jordani
- Adroctenes magnus
Genus Eoctenes
- Eoctenes intermedius
- Eoctenes spasmae
- Eoctenes sinae
- Eoctenes ferrisi
- Eoctenes maai
- Eoctenes nycteridis
- Eoctenes coleurae
Genus Hypoctenes
- Hypoctenes petiolatus
- Hypoctenes quadratus
- Hypoctenes hutsoni
- Hypoctenes clarus
- Hypoctenes faini
Genus Polyctenes
Subfamily Hesperocteninae:
Genus Hesperoctenes
- Hesperoctenes abalosi
- Hesperoctenes angustatus
- Hesperoctenes cartus
- Hesperoctenes chorote
- Hesperoctenes eumops
- Hesperoctenes fumarius
- Hesperoctenes giganteus
- Hesperoctenes hermsi
- Hesperoctenes impressus
- Hesperoctenes limai
- Hesperoctenes longiceps
- Hesperoctenes minor
- Hesperoctenes parvulus
- Hesperoctenes setosus
- Hesperoctenes tarsalis
- Hesperoctenes vicinus
