Blood-sucking flies of the family Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819 are ectoparasites and parasitize birds and mammals. The genus Ornithomya Latreille, 1802 is one of the largest genera of blood-sucking flies. These flies parasitize various small passerine birds. Many of them prefer swallows as hosts. Swallows have a wide beak, short legs, thick plumage and poor plumage cleaning abilities. They feed in flight and therefore do not associate insects in their nests with food.
A new species for the genus Ornithomya, O. delichoni sp. nov., has been described. A female of O. delichoni sp. nov. was collected in Spassky District of Primorsky Krai (Far East, Russia) from a western house martin. The new species differs from other Ornithomya species from this region in the size of the head and thorax, the width of the eyes, the number of bristles on the scutellum, and the arrangement of the microtrichia on the wings.
The article provides the first complete key to all species of the world fauna of the genus Ornithomya, including the new one. This key is based on the following morphological characters: the total length of the head and thorax, the length of the wing, the number of bristles on the scutellum and mesonotum, the ratio of the costal vein segments between veins R1 and R2+3 and between veins R2+3 and R4+5, and the arrangement of the microtrichia on the wings. Additionally, known data on the hosts and distribution of Ornithomya species are provided.
The work was published in the journal: E.P. Nartshuk, A.V. Matyukhin, M.Yu. Markovets and A.A. Yatsuk. 2024. Description of a new Ornithomya Latreille, 1802 (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) species with a key to all species of this genus. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS Vol. 328, No. 4, 2024, pp. 640–657. 10.31610/trudyzin/2024.328.4.640
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E.P. Nartshuk, A.V. Matyukhin , M.Yu. Markovets and A.A. Yatsuk. 2024. Description of a new Ornithomya Latreille, 1802 (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) species with a key to all species of this genus. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS Vol. 328, No. 4, 2024, pp. 640–657. 10.31610/trudyzin/2024.328.4.640