First record of the parasitic louse fly Ornithomya comosa (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) in Europe and western Russia

E.P. Nartshuk, A.V. Matyukhin & A.P. Shapoval

Abstract. The parasitic louse fly Ornithomya comosa (Austen, 1930) (Diptera, Hippoboscidae), known from the Oriental Region (India, Thailand, Nepal and Peninsular Malaysia) and Asian part of the Palaearctic Region (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, West Siberia of Russia and Japan), is found for the first time in Europe and in the western part of Russia (Curonian Spit). Flies were collected from the swallow species Hirundo rustica (Linnaeus, 1758) and Delichon urbica (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hirundinidae). Two possible narratives for the occurrence of this fly in Europe are discussed.

Key words: louse flies, swallows, Europe, western Russia, first record, Diptera, Hippoboscidae, Hirundinidae

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2019, 28(2): 356–359 ▪ Published online 30 December 2019

https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2019.28.2.356 ▪ Open full article

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