New Record of Lipoptena cervi and Updated Checklist of the Louse Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) of the Republic of Korea

Heung Chul Kim; Sung Tae Chong; Joon-Seok Chae; Hang Lee; Terry A. Klein; Sang Jae Suh; Leopoldo M. Rueda

doi:10.1603/ME09262

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1 November 2010 New Record of Lipoptena cervi and Updated Checklist of the Louse Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) of the Republic of Korea

Heung Chul Kim, Sung Tae Chong, Joon-Seok Chae, Hang Lee, Terry A. Klein, Sang Jae Suh, Leopoldo M. Rueda

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J. of Medical Entomology, 47(6):1227-1230 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1603/ME09262

Abstract

This is the first confirmed record of the genus Lipoptena Nitzsch and its species, Lipoptena cervi (Linnaeus), from the Republic of Korea. A total of five females and 10 males was collected from eight of 29 Korean water deer, Hydropotes inermis argyropus Swinhoe, from Gangwon and Gyeongsangbuk Provinces and Ulsan Metropolitan Area from May through October 2008. An updated checklist of Korean hippoboscids contains nine species in six genera (Hippobosca Linnaeus, Icosta Speiser, Lipoptena, Ornithoctona. Speiser, Ornithomya Lattreille, and Ornithophila Rondani). Hosts, collection records, and repositories are also noted.

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Heung Chul Kim, Sung Tae Chong, Joon-Seok Chae, Hang Lee, Terry A. Klein, Sang Jae Suh, and Leopoldo M. Rueda "New Record of Lipoptena cervi and Updated Checklist of the Louse Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) of the Republic of Korea," Journal of Medical Entomology 47(6), 1227-1230, (1 November 2010). https://doi.org/10.1603/ME09262

Received: 2 November 2009; Accepted: 1 July 2010; Published: 1 November 2010

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