UPLB Museum of Natural History Bat Ectoparasite Collection

Jezryl Jaeger Garcia; Phillip Alviola; Jan Dexter Lumibao; Jezryl Jaeger Garcia; Phillip Alviola

doi:10.15468/r623m6

UPLB Museum of Natural History Bat Ectoparasite Collection

Citation

Garcia J J, Alviola P, Lumibao J D (2023). UPLB Museum of Natural History Bat Ectoparasite Collection. Version 1.4. University of the Philippines Los Baños Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/r623m6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

This dataset contains occurrences of bat ectoparasites (ticks, mite, and batflies) as well as some of the host species (bats) from the University of the Philippines Los Baños Museum of Natural History. These collections are published as part of the BIFA6_026 project and covers collections dating back from the 1970s to the present.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Most of the ectoparasites were identified up to the species level with some even in the subspecies level.

Nycteribiidae
common name: Nycteribiid Batflies rank: family
Streblidae
common name: Streblid Batflies rank: family
Parasitiformes
common name: Parasitic mites and ticks rank: superorder

As for the host species (bats), they were also identified mostly up to the species level with some only identified at least at the genus level.

Chiroptera
common name: Bats rank: order

Geographic Coverages

This dataset covers bat collections of the UPLB MNH Entomological Museum and Zoological and Wildlife Museum in selected sites of the Philippines. Currently, the dataset contains collections from certain localities in the following provinces: Bataan, Cagayan, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Rizal, Laguna, Quezon, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Palawan, Negros Oriental, and Leyte

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jezryl Jaeger Garcia
originator
position: Project Assistant
UPLB Museum of Natural history
University of the Philippines
Los Baños
4031
Laguna
PH
Telephone: +639171140332
email: jlgarcia5@up.edu.ph

Phillip Alviola
originator
position: Curator for small mammals and other wildlife
UPLB Museum of Natural History
University of the Philippines
Los Baños
4031
Laguna
PH
email: paalviola@up.edu.ph

Jan Dexter Lumibao
originator
position: Senior Museum Specialist
UPLB Museum of Natural History
University of the Philippines
Los Baños
4031
Laguna
PH
email: jdlumibao1@up.edu.ph

Jezryl Jaeger Garcia
metadata author
position: Project Assistant
UPLB Museum of Natural history
University of the Philippines
Los Baños
4031
Laguna
PH
Telephone: +639171140332
email: jlgarcia5@up.edu.ph

Jezryl Jaeger Garcia
originator
position: Project Assistant
UPLB Museum of Natural History
University of the Philippines
Los Baños
4031
Laguna
PH
Telephone: +639171140332
email: jlgarcia5@up.edu.ph

Jezryl Jaeger Garcia
point of contact
position: Project Assistant
UPLB Museum of Natural History
University of the Philippines
Los Baños
4031
Laguna
PH
Telephone: +639171140332
email: jlgarcia5@up.edu.ph

Jezryl Jaeger Garcia
metadata author
position: Project Assistant
UPLB Museum of Natural History
University of the Philippines
Los Baños
4031
Laguna
PH
Telephone: +639171140332
email: jlgarcia5@up.edu.ph

Phillip Alviola
principal investigator
position: Curator for small mammals and other widllife
UPLB Museum of Natural History
University of the Philippines
Los Baños
4031
Laguna
PH
email: paalviola@up.edu.ph

Jan Dexter Lumibao
point of contact
position: Senior Museum Specialist
UPLB Museum of Natural History
University of the Philippines
Los Baños
4031
Laguna
PH
email: jdlumibao1@up.edu.ph

Phillip Alviola
originator
position: Curator for small mammals and other wildlife
UPLB Museum of Natural History
University of the Philippines
Los Baños
4031
Laguna
PH
email: paalviola@up.edu.ph

Jezryl Jaeger Garcia
administrative point of contact
position: Project Assistant
UPLB Museum of Natural history
University of the Philippines
Los Baños
4031
Laguna
PH
Telephone: +639171140332
email: jlgarcia5@up.edu.ph

Phillip Alviola
administrative point of contact
position: Curator for small mammals and other wildlife
UPLB Museum of Natural History
University of the Philippines
Los Baños
4031
Laguna
PH
email: paalviola@up.edu.ph

Jan Dexter Lumibao
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Museum Specialist
UPLB Museum of Natural History
University of the Philippines
Los Baños
4031
Laguna
PH
email: jdlumibao1@up.edu.ph