Family: Polyctenidae (bat bugs)
Life
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Cimicoidea
Blood-sucking ectoparasites of bats. The only species from southern Africa is
Androctenes horvathi, which has been recorded on Rhinolophus eloquens
(Andersen's horseshoe bat).
Publications
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Jacobs, D.H. 1985. Heteroptera. In: Insects of Southern Africa (Eds C.H. Scholtz
& E. Holm). Butterworths, Durban, p. 117-152.
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