First record of the parasitic louse fly Ornithomya comosa (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) in Europe and western Russia
Authors/Creators
- 1. Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Universitetskaya Emb., St Petersburg, 199034, Russia
- 2. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninskiy Pr., Moscow, 119071, Russia
Description
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.
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