Ornithophila metallica (Schiner, 1864)

Meißner, B. R., Rodríguez-Vera, F., Hawlitschek, O., Heim, W. & Jentzsch, M., 2020, Incidence of louse flies on birds from the Russian Far East (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) and investigation of the status of some taxa by DNA barcoding, Russian Entomological Journal 29 (3), pp. 327-335 : 331

Ornithophila metallica (Schiner, 1864)

MATERIAL. ♂, 21.VIII.2017, host: Acrocephalus aedon ; 1 ♀, 23.VI.2017, host: Luscinia calliope .

NOTE. Number of hosts: 2.

Number of louse flies and louse fly species per host

Usually, one louse fly was detected on each host. In four cases, two parasites of the same species were found on one bird ( Icosta holoptera on Gallinago stenura , Ornithomya aobatonis each on two Acrocephalus aedon and one Otus sunia). Three specimens of Ornithomya aobatonis occurred on a single Accipiter gularis . In three cases, louse flies of different species were found each on a single host ( Ornithomya aobatonis / Ornithoica momiyamai on Locustella certhiola , Ornithomya aobatonis / Ornithophila metallica on Acrocephalus aedon , Ornithomya aobatonis / Ornithoica unicol- or on Asio otus ).

New infestation after recapture

After the recapture of two hosts, their new infestation was detected in each case with the same louse fly species: Emberiza spodocephala XR 17580, captured 26.VII.17 (1 ♀, Ornithomya aobatonis ), recaptured 19.VIII.17 (1 ♀, Ornithomya aobatonis ); Luscinia calliope KA 13207, captured 14.VIII.17 (1 ♀, Ornithomya aobatonis ), recaptured 17.VIII.17 (1 ♀, Ornithomya aobatonis ).