A new species of Ornithomya Latreille, 1802 (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) from the Curonian Spit (Russia)

Abstract. A new species of the genus Ornithomya Latreille, 1802 (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), O. krivolutskii Yatsuk, Matyukhin et Nartshuk, sp. n. is described from the Curonian Spit (Kaliningrad Region, Russia). The new species differs from the closest species O. fringillina Curtis, 1836 with the combined length of head and thorax, from other Ornithomya species – with the body size, number of scutellum setae and wing microtrichia. An updated key for species of the genus Ornithomya occurring in Russia is provided