EMBERIZIDAE

Iorio, Osvaldo Di & Turienzo, Paola, 2012, Addenda to the insects found in birds’ nests from the Neotropical Region and Neotropical immigrants in the Nearctic Region, with a discussion of the probable transmission mechanism of Ornithocoris toledoi (Hemiptera: Cimicidae), Zootaxa 3349, pp. 1-17 : 2

EMBERIZIDAE

Paroaria coronata (Miller, 1776)

[ DIPTERA : Muscidae ]

[ Philornis seguyi García, 1952 ]

= “moscas del género Philornis ”:

ARGENTINA: [Buenos Aires: Pdo. Magdalena]: northeast of the province, 2005–2008, ectoparasitism of flies of the genus Philornis ( Segura & Reboreda 2011) .

Sicalis flaveola pelzelni Sclater, 1872

DIPTERA : Muscidae

Philornis downsi Dodge & Aitken, 1968

ARGENTINA: Chaco: Parque Nacional Chaco, larvae # CH 00009a, CH 00009b1-b2, CH 0009c1-c2 [CPFE], in one nest (Antoniazzi et al. 2011); total of 7 larvae (6 at the third instar and 1 at the first instar stage), # CH 00009 a, CH 00009 b1-b2, CH 00009 c1-c2 [WPC], found free among the nest material in a nest belonging to a pair of saffron finches; none of them being in the subcutis of the nestlings, and only one observed on one of the nestlings, although also crawling free; all third instars incubated at room temperature to obtain the adults, identified using the keys of Couri (1999) and de Carvalho & Couri (2002); consensus sequences of the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) and ITS2 regions of three of the specimens collected submitted to GenBank [ITS1 Accession No. HQ834531 ; ITS2 Accession No. HQ834532 ] (Silvestri et al. 2011).

Note: Silvestri et al. (2011) state that a “further investigation is needed to determine whether Argentina is part of the historical range of P. downsi or, alternatively, represents a recent expansion of its range”. Independently of this work, Schühli et al. (2011) found adults of P. downsi with Malaise traps in PARAGUAY: Canindeyú: Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú, Jejuí-Mi, A.C.F. Costa leg., 29-III-9- IV-1996, 2 females; 11-17- IV-1996, 1 female; 1-8- V-1996, 1 female; 9-15- V-1996, 1 male, 1 female; 16-23- V-1996, 1 male, 1 female; 6-10- VII-1996, 1 female [MNHNP; PJSM].