Protocalliphora braueri (Handel)

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 44-45

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.273680

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243927

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scientific name

Protocalliphora braueri (Handel)
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Protocalliphora braueri (Handel)

ex Malaise trap: 1F, NC, Swain Co., Oconaluftee/Ravensford, 7–13 Apr. 2001, coll. B. Wiegmann & B.K. Cassel.

Ex Hirundo rustica (barn s wallow) nest: NC, Swain Co., Oconaluftee, 7 Aug. 2002, coll. W. K. Reeves. Reeves et al. (2004a) reported P. braueri from the Park. Unlike most other Protocalliphora this species regularly causes subcutaneous infestations in nestling birds (Sabrosky et al. 1989).