LOUSE-FLIES (DIPTERA, HIPPOBOSCIDAE) IN BIRD NESTS IN THE VORONEZH REGION

摘要

During research conducted in 2008-2018, 8 species of louse-flies were identified on 22 bird species in the Voronezh Region, Russia. Five fly species, Ornithomya fringillina Curtis 1836, Ornithomya chloropus Bergroth 1901, Ornithoica turdi (Olivier in Latreille 1811), Ornithophila metallica (Schiner 1864), and Icosta ardeae (Macquart 1835), are reported from the Region for the first time, whereas five species, Crataerina hirundinis (Linnaeus 1758), Crataerina pallida Olivier in Latreille 1812, Ornithomya avicularia (Linnaeus 1758), Ornithomya fringillina, and Ornithomya chloropus, reproduce and complete their life cycles in the Region. Three species, Icosta ardeae, Ornithoica turdi, and Ornithophila metallica, are introduced into the Region by migratory birds. The predominant species are O. avicularia (42.29%), O. fringillina (29.57%), C. hirundinis (12.56%). Both Crataerina hirundinis and Crataerina pallida are monoxenous, Icosta ardeae is oligoxenous, while the remaining species are polyxenous parasites of birds. All louse-fly species were found on birds and their nestlings in April-May, but Crataerina hirundinis was also common on the second nestlings in August-September.