Pseudolynchia canariensis
Pseudolynchia canariensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Superfamily: | Hippoboscoidea |
Family: | Hippoboscidae |
Subfamily: | Ornithomyinae |
Genus: | Pseudolynchia |
Species: | P. canariensis
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Binomial name | |
Pseudolynchia canariensis | |
Synonyms | |
Pseudolynchia canariensis, the pigeon louse fly or pigeon fly, is a species of biting fly in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae.[3]
Distribution
Pseudolynchia canariensis are species-specific (Columbidae) obligate ectoparasites potentially found in many parts of world where domestic pigeons are kept. Known from wild or feral hosts in continental
Hosts
In 1931, G. Robert Coatney conducted an experiment to determine if pigeon louse flies would bite humans and survive on human blood and he found they could not. The only wild hosts are pigeons and doves (Columbidae). In domestic settings they have been recorded from 33 genera, 13 families and 8 orders of birds.[4]
Disease vector
Pseudolynchia canariensis is the
Pigeon flies themselves are commonly infested with hyperparasitic mites such as Myialges anchora.[8]
References
- ^ a b Macquart, Pierre-Justin-Marie (1839). Diptères, In Webb, P.B. & Berthelot, S., Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries. Tome deuxieme. Deuxieme partie. Contenant la Zoologie. [Entomologie.]. Paris: Bethune. pp. 97–119. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ Bigot, Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot (1885). "Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 27e partie(1). XXXV: Famille des Anomalocerati (mihi) a??µ???—?e?a?. (Coriacae, Pupipara, Nycteribidae. auctor)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5 (6): 225–246. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ Dick, C. W. (2006). "Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea)". Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History: 1–7pp.
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