Discovery of a Bird-Parasitic Fly, Carnus orientalis (Diptera: Carnidae), in Japan, with Bionomic Remarks and a Key to Carnus Species

Mitsuhiro Iwasa; Hironori Sakamoto; Kento Asahi

doi:10.1603/ME13087

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Mitsuhiro Iwasa,^1,* Hironori Sakamoto,² Kento Asahi³

¹1 Laboratory of Entomology, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokk
²3 Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University, Tamagawa-Gakuen, Machida, Tokyo 194-8610, Japan.
³4 Graduate School of Environmental Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-080

^* Corresponding author, e-mail: iwasa@obihiro.ac.jp.

Abstract

A bird-parasitic fly, Carnus orientalis Maa, 1968, is recorded for the first time from Japan, and it is taxonomically reexamined on the basis of specimens collected in Okinawa Prefecture. Adult flies were found from nestlings of Ryukyu scops owl (Otus elegans Cassin, 1852), which is a new host for C. orientalis. Bionomic remarks regarding C. orientalis are presented, and a key to the world species of Carnus is also provided.

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Mitsuhiro Iwasa, Hironori Sakamoto, and Kento Asahi "Discovery of a Bird-Parasitic Fly, Carnus orientalis (Diptera: Carnidae), in Japan, with Bionomic Remarks and a Key to Carnus Species," Journal of Medical Entomology 51(2), 484-488, (1 March 2014). https://doi.org/10.1603/ME13087

Received: 1 May 2013; Accepted: 31 December 2013; Published: 1 March 2014