Louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Ornithomyinae) of the Republic of Korea: an updated checklist, including two new records of bird louse flies.
One genus, Ornithoica Rondani, and two species, Ornithoica momiyamai Kishida, and O. unicolor Speiser, are reported for the first time from the Republic of Korea. A total of six species, including two new records, of louse flies were collected from 78 birds belonging to 35 species from Seoul and Incheon Metropolitan Areas and Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Gyeongsangbuk, Jeollabuk, and Jeollanam Provinces, 2005-2010. An updated checklist of Korean hippoboscids consisting of seven genera (Hippobosca L., Icosta Speiser, Lipoptena Nitzsch, Ornithoica Rondani, Ornithoctona Speiser, Ornithomya Lattreille, and Ornithophila Rondani) and 11 species is presented, including hosts, collection records, and repositories.
School of Applied Ecological Resources, College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Kyungpook National University, Sangju 742-711, Republic of Korea.
Sang Jae
SJ
Suh
Heung Chul
HC
Kim
Chang Yong
CY
Choi
Hyun Young
HY
Nam
Hee Young
HY
Chae
Sung Tae
ST
Chong
Terry A
TA
Klein
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D003710:Demography; D004175:Diptera / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology