Ornithoica exilis (Walker, 1861)

Nartshuk, E. P., Matyukhin, A. V., Shokhrin, V. P. & Markovets, M. Yu., 2019, New records of ornithophilous louse-flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Ornithomyinae) from the Russian Far East, Far Eastern Entomologist 384, pp. 15-20 : 17

Ornithoica exilis (Walker, 1861)

Figs 1, 2

MATERIAL. Russia: Primorskii krai, Ussuriysky (=Suputinsky) Natural Reserve, 2.X

1948, 2 specimens, collected by A.I. Kurentzov without name of host bird ( ZIN); Ussuriysky district , Rakovka village (= Ussuri oblast , Voroshilov rayon, Rakovka), 27.VII 1936 , 1♂, 2♀,

were taken from Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus, 1758) and 1♀ from Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758) by V.E. (unfornunately failed to established exact name of collector) ( ZMMU).

NOTES. Ornithoica exilis was described from New Guinea and widely distributed in the

Oriental and Australian Regions and found in Japan (Honshu, Ryukyu Islands) (Mogi, 2014).

The species has awide host range: normally or less frequently breeding on members of the

Coraciiformes, Passeriformes, Psittaciformes, Cuculiformes, Columbiformes and

Falconiformes, with stray records from Ciconiiformes, Galliformes, Gruiformes, Strigiformes ,

Caprimulgiformes, Apodiformes, Trogoniformes and Piciformes (Maa, 1966). The species was found on the Okinawa Rail Gallirallus okinawae ( Gruiformes : Rallidae ) in Okinawa

Island, Japan (Mogi, 2014). In Russia flies were collected at the end of July and in October.

It is likely that flies breed in Primorskii krai. Specimens brought by migrant birds may be taken in May or early June.

Figures

Figs 1–3. Ornithophylous louse flies. 1, 2 – Ornithoica exilis (Walker, 1861): 1 – wing;