New faunistic records and host-parasite interactions of louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) from a community of birds collected by mist-netting in the Spanish Central System
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https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2023.v79.383Keywords:
Diptera, Hippoboscidae, Spain, avian hosts, diversityAbstract
Louse flies and keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) are permanent ectoparasites of birds and mammals, respectively. The abundance and species composition of the Spanish Hippoboscidae fauna is relatively little studied, with 20 species recorded so far. The aim of this pilot study is to provide new data on these ectoparasites from birds collected by mist-netting in two ringing stations in the Central System mountains in Madrid (Spain). Four polyxenous louse fly species, all of the subfamily Ornithomyinae, were obtained and identified from 13 avian hosts (Order: Passeriformes). They are, in decreasing order of abundance: Ornithomya fringillina (Curtis, 1936), Ornithophila metallica (Schiner, 1864), Ornithomya avicularia (Linnaeus, 1758), and Ornithoica turdi (Oliver in Latreille, 1811). The woodchat shrike Lanius senator Linnaeus, 1758 was the most common avian species parasitized by hippoboscids. New faunistic records and host-parasite interactions are provided for the first time in Spain.
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