Icosta americana (Leach), 1905

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 : 45

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.273680
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243931
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scientific name	Icosta americana (Leach)
status

Treatment

Icosta americana (Leach)

Ex Bubo virginianus (great horned owl): 1 F, NC, Swain Co., Big Cove, 23 Sep. 1943, A. Stupka; 1 F, TN, Sevier Co., Dudley Creek, 1 Sep. 1943, A. Stupka; 1 F, TN, Sevier Co., Elkmont, 12 Mar. 1940, A. Stupka (Reeves et al. 2004 a).

Ex Otus asio (eastern screechowl): 1 F, Park Headquarters, 26 Mar. 1976, D. DeFoe (Reeves et al. 2004 a).

Ex Homo sapiens (human): NC, Swain Co., Lakeshore Trail, 28 Jun., 2005, P. Super.

Icosta americana was previous reported by Reeves et al. (2004 a), and it typically infests accipitrid, phasianid, and strigid birds.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Hippoboscidae
Genus	Icosta