Olfersia spinifera, (Leach)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FFACFB44-873F-4C12-90CF-D8442910659A |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7925489 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F3581C07-194C-FFD4-D29F-FCB4FE394DA8 |
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Plazi |
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Olfersia spinifera |
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spinifera (Leach) View in CoL View at ENA
Feronia spinifera Leach, 1817: 11 (Leach 1818: 557) View in CoL .
Olfersia spinifera: Johnson 1924: 91 View in CoL [records]; Curran 1932: 366 [records]; Bequaert 1933: 132 [records]; Bequaert 1957: 431 [records]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 173 [checklist]; Guimar„es 1968: 8 [catalogue].
Distribution. Native. Cosmopolitan over tropical seas; Galápagos: Floreana, Genovesa, Santa Cruz, Seymour.
Remarks. This species is an obligate parasite of frigate birds ( Fregata Lacépède ) ( Bequaert 1957) that is suspected to be a vector of Haemoproteus parasites in Galápagos Pelecaniform birds ( Levin et al. 2011). In the Galápagos, it has been recorded from Fregata minor ridgwayi Mathews and F. m. magnificens Mathews ( Bequaert 1957). This species is known to be infected by the epidermoptid mite, Myialges Trouessart , which are bird skin parasites ( Bequaert 1933).
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Hippoboscoidea |
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Olfersia spinifera
| Sinclair, Bradley J. 2023 |
Olfersia spinifera:
| Bequaert, J. C. 1933: 132 |
| Curran, C. H. 1932: 366 |
| Johnson, C. W. 1924: 91 |
Feronia spinifera Leach, 1817: 11 (Leach 1818: 557)
| Leach, W. E. 1817: 11 |