Thaumapsylla longiforceps Traub, 1951

Hastriter, Michael W. & Bush, Sarah E., 2014, Description of Medwayella independencia (Siphonaptera, Stivaliidae), a new species of flea from Mindanao Island, the Philippines and their phoretic mites, and miscellaneous flea records from the Malay Archipelago, ZooKeys 408, pp. 107-123 : 108

Thaumapsylla longiforceps Traub, 1951

Material examined.

Philippines, Mindanao Island, village: San Antonio (09.064°N, 125.642°E), Mt. Hilong, 110 m, Rousettus amplexicaudatus ♀ (host # KUMNH-168427, NCA-264), 20 VI 2012, E. DiBlasi, 1♀ (parasite #: P-5383) (BYUC).

Remarks.

This species commonly occurs on pteropodid bats (fruit bats) but has also been documented on vespertilionid and rhinolophid bats in Asia. See additional discussion of Thaumapsylla longiforceps in the Philippines by Hastriter and Bush (2013).