parasiticus Gervais, 1844: 14, pl. 53. Type locality: “Guiane.” Type host: Desmodus rotundus E. Geoffroy (= Desmodus rufus Wied-Neuwied). Type lost. (see Wenzel et al., 1966: 494). Distr.: Colombia (Antioquia (San Jeronimo, 35 km NW of Medellin; Santa Fe), Bolívar (Cartagena; Fuerte de San Felipe, Cartagena; Tolu), Caldas (Dorada; Quebrada Perico, La Dorado), Cundinamarca (Apulo; Tocaima), Huila (Pitalito), Magdalena (Rio Cesar, Valledupar), Meta (El Parque La Macarena, Cabana Duda, 20 ft e; San Juan de Arama, Los Micos), Norte de Santander (Tibu), Santander (Cueva Macaregua, San Gil), Tolima (Cueva "El Eden", Hacienda Camelia, Cunday; Cueva Villa Vilma, near Honda; Hacienda "El Encanto", Cunday; Honda), Valle del Cauca (Buenaventura, house on Rio Dagua; Buenaventura, under Cali-Buena ventura road; Cali, urbanizacion Bella Suiza finca "El Mango"; Municipiode Cali, finca "La Pailita" of M. Becerra; Vijes, 30 km n Cali; Vijes, Finca "El Zarzal", 1 mi E of Vijes)), Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, Venezuela. Refs.: Gervais, 1844: 14; Dunn, 1929: 504; Bequaert, 1940: 418; Wenzel et al., 1966: 494; Wenzel, 1970: 5 (cat.), 1976: 69; Guerrero, 1995a: 9 (cat.), 1997: 10 (cat.); Autino & Claps, 2000: 195 (cat.); Dick & Gettinger, 2005: 1021; ter Hofstede et al., 2004: 620; Dick, 2013: 13; FMNH, 2014. kesseli Guimarães, 1938: 660, fig. 9.

Published as part of Dick, Carl W., Graciolli, Gustavo & Guerrero, Ricardo, 2016, FAMILY STREBLIDAE, pp. 784-802 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 797, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.67, http://zenodo.org/record/264152