@article {95614, title = {Hitchhiking into the future on a fly: Toward a better understanding of phoresy and avian louse evolution (Phthiraptera) by screening bird carcasses for phoretic lice on hippoboscid flies (Diptera)}, journal = {Systematic Entomology}, year = {2022}, month = {Feb-18-2022}, pages = {10 pp}, type = {Early online version}, abstract = {

Many phoretic relationships between arthropods are understudied because of taxonomic impediments. We here illustrate for avian lice riding on hippoboscid flies how new natural history data on phoretic relationships can be acquired quickly with modern and cost-effective barcoding techniques. Most avian lice are host-specific, but some can arrive on new hosts by hitchhiking on hippoboscid flies that feed on bird blood. Our summary of the literature yielded 254 published records which we here show to belong to two large and 13 small interaction networks for birds, flies, and lice. In order to generate new records, we developed a protocol based on screening bird carcasses sourced with the help of citizen scientists. The inspection of 131 carcasses from Singapore led to the first record of a Guimaraesiella Eichler (Ischnocera: Philopteridae) louse species riding on Ornithoica momiyamai Kishida flies collected from a pitta carcass. Phoresy may explain why this louse species is now known from three phylogenetically disparate hosts (Pitta moluccensis (M\üller), Ficedula zanthopygia (Hay); Pardaliparus elegans Lesson). A second new case of phoresy enhanced a large interaction network dominated by Ornithophila metallica (Schiner), a cosmopolitan and polyphagous hippoboscid fly species. Overall, we argue that many two- and three-way phoretic relationships between arthropods (e.g., mites, pseudoscorpions, beetles, flies) can be resolved with cost-effective large-scale NGS barcoding, which can be used to partially overcome taxonomic impediments by pre-sorting specimens for taxonomic revision.

}, keywords = {birds, coevolution, Hippoboscidae, lice, NGS barcoding, Phoresy}, issn = {0307-6970, 1365-3113}, doi = {10.1111/syen.12539}, url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12539?af=R}, author = {Leshon Lee and David J. X. Tan and Jozef Obo{\v n}a and Daniel R Gustafsson and Yuchen Ang and Rudolf Meier} } @article {94741, title = {Implications of a Dating Analysis of Hippoboscoidea (Diptera) for the Origins of Phoresis in Feather Lice (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae)}, journal = {Insect Systematics and Diversity}, volume = {3}, year = {2019}, month = {07-2019}, pages = {5 pp}, type = {Short communication}, abstract = {

Hippoboscidae (Samouelle 1819) is a family of blood feeding Diptera, which can be phoretic vectors for para- sitic feather lice (Philopteridae Burmeister 1838). Hippoboscid flies are understood to provide opportunities for increased instances of dispersal and host-switching for feather lice. This intimate relationship between hippoboscid fly and feather louse may have hypothetically existed since the origin of avian-specialized Hippoboscidae. Thus, phoretic dispersal may have affected patterns of diversification in feather lice over millions of years. To test this, a dating analysis of a previously published Hippoboscoidea data set was per- formed using known fossil calibrations.The results of the dating analysis suggest Hippoboscoidea diversified shortly after the K-Pg boundary, similar to their modern vertebrate hosts. A maximum age of the avian feeding Ornithomyini is estimated to have occurred around the origin of parasitic feather lice. This maximum diver- gence date suggest this phoretic relationship could have existed for much of the diversification of avian feather lice and had the potential to influence patterns of diversification due to dispersal and host-switching among avian hosts.

}, keywords = {Hippoboscidae, Hippoboscoidea, phoresis, Phylogenetics}, doi = {10.1093/isd/ixz008}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/isd/article/doi/10.1093/isd/ixz008/5525310}, author = {Robert S. de_Moya} } @article {68880, title = {Insect ectoparasites from wild passerine birds in the Czech Republic}, journal = {Parasite}, volume = {15}, year = {2008}, month = {Jan-12-2008}, pages = {599 - 604}, abstract = {

Wild passerine birds (Passeriformes) from northeastern part of the Czech Republic were examined for ectoparasites. Three species of louse-flies of the genus Ornithomya (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), two species of fleas of the genera Ceratophyllus and Dasypsyllus (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae), and 15 species of chewing lice belonging to the genera Myrsidea, Menacanthus (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae), Brueelia, Penenirmus, Philopterus (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) were found on 82 birds of 23 species. New chewing louse-host records are Hippolais icterina for Menacanthus currucae; Motacilla cinerea for Menacanthus pusillus; Turdus philomelos and Motacilla cinerea for Brueelia merulensis; and Sylvia atricapilla for Menacanthus eurysternus. Brueelia neoatricapillae is cited for the first time for the Czech Republic. Parasitological parameters such as prevalence, intensity and abundance are also discussed.

}, keywords = {Chewing lice, flea, Hippoboscidae, louse-fly, Passeriformes, Phthiraptera, post-breeding migration, Siphonoptera}, issn = {1252-607X}, doi = {10.1051/parasite/2008154599}, url = {http://www.parasite-journal.org/10.1051/parasite/2008154599}, author = {Old{\v r}ich Sychra and Ivan Liter{\'a}k and Podzemn{\'y}, P. and Benedikt, V.} } @article {68776, title = {First Record of Ectoparasitic Insects on the Canarian Houbara Bustard (Gruiformes: Otididae)}, journal = {Annales Zoologici}, volume = {63}, year = {2013}, month = {09/2013}, pages = {511 - 515}, abstract = {

Data on an infestation of ectoparasites on a Canarian Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata, fuerteventurae Rothschild et Hartert, 1894 are presented for the first time. Two insect groups were discovered: Icosta (Rhyponotum) pilosa (Macquart, 1843) (Hippoboscidae, Diptera) and a possibly unnamed species of Philopteridae (Phthiraptera) closely allied to Otidoecus houbarae (Barth\élemy, 1836). For the latter, a DNA-barcode is presented. The philopterid was found in a phoretic relationship with the hippoboscid.

}, keywords = {Canarian Houbara Bustard, Hippoboscidae, host-parasite association, Phoresy}, issn = {0003-4541}, doi = {10.3161/000345413X672519}, url = {http://phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/68776.pdf}, author = {Kehlmaier, Christian and Quaisser, Christiane} } @article {61030, title = {Phoresy of Mallophaga}, journal = {Entomologica Americana}, volume = {32}, year = {1953}, pages = {162-173, 116-129, 216-217,222-223}, keywords = {Anoplura, Bruelia, Hippoboscidae, Mallophaga, Psocoptera}, url = {http://phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/61030.pdf}, author = {J. C. Bequaert} } @article {61029, title = {Tutkimus suomen vaiveista, Mallophaga}, journal = {Lounais-Hameen Luonto}, volume = {35}, year = {1969}, pages = {1-16}, keywords = {Anoplura, Hippoboscidae, Mallophaga}, url = {http://phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/61029.pdf}, author = {Brander,T.} } @article {47413, title = {Bloodsucking and Non-Bloodsucking Flies in Relation to Human Welfare}, journal = {Annals of the Entomological Society of America}, volume = {25}, year = {1932}, month = {1932}, pages = {603 - 613}, keywords = {Hippoboscidae, Mallophaga, Phoresy}, url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/46530.pdf}, author = {Schwardt,H. H.} } @article {46867, title = {On a species of Lipoptena (Diptera, Hippoboscidae, Melophaginae) from Indian spotted deer and hog deer}, journal = {Indian Veterinary Journal}, volume = {46}, year = {1969}, note = {LR: 20031114; JID: 0374710; ppublish}, month = {1969}, pages = {38 - 41}, address = {INDIA}, keywords = {anatomy, animals, classification, deer, Hippoboscidae, histology, India, lice}, isbn = {0019-6479}, author = {Chhabra,M. B. and Chander,S.} } @article {46853, title = {Therapeutic application of sheep-lice flies in jaundice.}, journal = {Hippokrates}, volume = {21}, year = {1950}, note = {JID: 0413670; OID: CLML: 5120:34171:346:492; OTO: NLM; ppublish}, month = {1950}, pages = {662 - 664}, keywords = {Hippoboscidae, jaundice}, isbn = {0018-2001}, author = {Wigand,R. and Hente,H.} } @article {40289, title = {Effect of vertically transmitted ectoparasites on the reproductive success of swifts (Apus apus)}, journal = {Functional Ecology}, volume = {10}, year = {1996}, month = {1996}, pages = {733 - 740}, abstract = {

1. Parasites that are transmitted vertically from parent hosts to offspring are expected to be relatively benign, because their fitness depends on successful host reproduction. The effects of two species of vertically transmitted ectoparasite on the reproductive success of swifts (Apus apus L.) were tested. Populations of the Chewing Louse, Dennyus hirundinis (L.) (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae), and the Flightless Louse Fly, Crataerina pallida (Latreille) (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), were experimentally manipulated, effectively converting the natural aggregated frequency distribution of each species into a bimodal distribution of high and low loads. 2. Neither parasite had any effect on nestling growth or fledging success, even though parasite loads were boosted above natural levels and host environmental conditions were poor during part of the study, thus increasing the chances of detecting an effect of the parasites. 3. In contrast to parasite load, year, brood size and hatch date were all significantly related to components of nestling growth. Year and brood size were also significantly related to fledging success. 4. These results are consistent with theoretical models suggesting that vertically transmitted parasites evolve reduced virulence because they depend on host reproduction for dispersal to new hosts.

}, keywords = {biology, bird, Chewing lice, cost, fly, growth, Hippoboscidae, host, lice, louse, parasitism, Phthiraptera, size, survival, virulence}, url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/3000.pdf}, author = {Tompkins,D. M. and Jones,T. and Clayton,Dale H.} } @article {40258, title = {First record of a louse fly, Stilbometopa impressa (Bigot), and new host for Microlynchia pusilla (Speiser) (Hippoboscidae) from the Cape Region, Baja California Sur, Mexico}, journal = {Journal of Wildlife Diseases}, volume = {32}, year = {1996}, month = {1996}, pages = {338 - 339}, abstract = {Nine of thirty California quail (Callipepla californica achrustera) captured in autumn of 1992, 17 lan west of La Pat, Baja California Sur, Mexico, were parasitized by louse flies. We identified eight Microlynchia pusilla and three Stilbometopa impressa from 30 quails in the ratio of 2.75:1. These are the first records of S. impressa for Cape Region and the first time either fly has been reported from the California quail in Baja California Sur.}, keywords = {California, Callipepla, flies, Hippoboscidae, impressa, louse, Microlynchia, Stilbometopa}, url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/38603.pdf}, author = {Llinas,Jorge and Jimenez,Maria Luisa} } @article {40190, title = {Contribution to the knowledge of the Ornithomyini of Israel (Diptera, Hippoboscidae)}, journal = {Israel Journal of Zoology}, volume = {41}, year = {1995}, month = {1995}, pages = {109 - 124}, abstract = {A survey of the bird-parasitizing louse flies (Ornithomyini) in Israel was carried out between 1990 and 1993. Specimens belonging to 13 species were examined. Seven species were previously known from Israel (Icosta ardeae (Macquart), I. meda (Maa), I. minor (Bigot), Ornithoica turdi Olivier, Ornithomya chloropus (Bergroth), Ornithophila metallica (Schiner), and Pseudolynchia canariensis (Macquart)), and six species are recorded as new to the Israeli fauna (Crataerina pallida Olivier, from swifts (Apus apus); Icosta zumpti Maa, from a buzzard (Buteo buteo); Ornithomya avicular ia L., from a blackbird (Turdus merula); Ornithomya biloba Dufour, from swallows (Hirundo rustica) and sand martins (Riparia riparia); Orithomya gigantea n. sp. (described here), from a blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla); and Ornithophila gestroi Rondani, from lesser kestrels (Falco naumanni)). Louse flies were found on 26 species of birds, 24 of which constitute new host records for Israel.}, keywords = {Hippoboscidae, Survey}, author = {Bear,A. and Freidberg,A.} } @article {40071, title = {Exotic ectoparasites of ostriches recently imported into the United States}, journal = {Journal of Wildlife Diseases}, volume = {27}, year = {1991}, note = {no lice?}, month = {1991}, pages = {180 - 182}, abstract = {Eleven species of ectoparasitic arthropods were collected and identified from ostriches (Struthio camelus) recently imported into the United States from Africa and Europe. Four of these species are reported from ostriches for the first time. The parasites included adult hippoboscid flies (Struthiobosca struthionis) and 10 species of adult ixodid ticks (Amblyomma gemma, A. lepidum, A. variegatum, Haemaphysalis punctata, Hyalomma albiparmatum, H. luscitanicum, H. marginatum rufipes, H. truncatum, Hyalomma sp., and Rhipicephalus turanicus. As a result of these findings, the U.S. Department of Agriculture prohibited further importation into the United States of ostriches and other flightless birds on an interim basis.}, keywords = {amblyomma, fly, haemaphysalis, Hippoboscidae, ixodid, louse, ostrich, parasite, rhipicephalus turanicus, spp, struthiobosca, struthionis, Survey, ticks}, url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/38344.pdf}, author = {James W. Mertins and Schlater,Jack L.} } @article {38749, title = {Population biology of swift (Apus apus) ectoparasites in relation to host reproductive success}, journal = {Ecological Entomology}, volume = {20}, year = {1995}, month = {1995}, pages = {43 - 50}, abstract = {

1. We censused ectoparasite populations of adult nestling swifts over the course of the hosts breeding season. Nearly all of the birds were infested with chewing lice and two thirds of the nests were infested with louse flies. Feather mites were observed but not quantified.

}, keywords = {Apodidae, bird, Diptera, fly, Hippoboscidae, louse, Phthiraptera, transmission, virulence}, url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/0042.pdf}, author = {Lee,Patricia L. M. and Clayton,Dale H.} }