Updated taxonomic keys for European Hippoboscidae (Diptera), and expansion in Central Europe of the bird louse fly Ornithomyacomosa (Austen, 1930) with the first record from Slovakia

Jozef Oboňa; Katarína Fogašová; Miroslav Fulín; Stanislav Greš; Peter Manko; Jakub Repaský; Jindřich Roháček; Oldřich Sychra; Martin Hromada

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1115.80146

Updated taxonomic keys for European Hippoboscidae (Diptera), and expansion in Central Europe of the bird louse fly Ornithomyacomosa (Austen, 1930) with the first record from Slovakia

Zookeys. 2022 Jul 29:1115:81-101. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1115.80146. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Jozef Oboňa¹, Katarína Fogašová¹, Miroslav Fulín², Stanislav Greš², Peter Manko¹, Jakub Repaský³, Jindřich Roháček⁴, Oldřich Sychra⁵, Martin Hromada^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Laboratory and Museum of Evolutionary Ecology, Department of Ecology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov, 17. novembra 1, SK - 081 16 Prešov, Slovakia.
² Puškinova 15, SK - 083 01 Sabinov, Slovakia.
³ 17. novembra 24, SK - 083 01 Sabinov, Slovakia.
⁴ Ražňany 407, SK - 082 61 Ražňany, Slovakia.
⁵ Department of Entomology, Silesian Museum, Nádražní okruh 31, CZ - 746 01 Opava, Czech Republic.
⁶ Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Palackého tř. 1946/1, CZ - 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic.

Abstract

The available keys for European Hippoboscidae are outdated and do not cover all species currently known from Europe. Therefore, identification keys to the eleven genera and 31 species of the European hippoboscids are provided here. Ornithomyacomosa (Austen, 1930) (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) is recorded for the first time from the territory of Slovakia based on one female found on a sand martin, Ripariariparia (Linnaeus, 1758). The list of keds and louse flies recorded from the territory of Slovakia is increased to 20 species. New host records for Slovakia are presented.

Keywords: Birds; Slovakia; hippoboscid; new host records; new record; parasite; taxonomic keys.

Jozef Oboňa, Katarína Fogašová, Miroslav Fulín, Stanislav Greš, Peter Manko, Jakub Repaský, Jindřich Roháček, Oldřich Sychra, Martin Hromada.