Occurrence of Lipoptena mazama and Lipoptena guimaraesi (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) on gray brocket deer (Mazama gouazoubira) in southern Brazil.

Mariana Faccini Pinheiro,Rodrigo Antonio Martins De Souza,Meire Christina Seki,Adriano De Oliveira Torres Carrasco,Priscila Ikeda,Raquel Muhlbeier Bonato

doi:10.1590/s1984-29612021081

Abstract

The genus Lipoptena includes hematophagous insects of the family Hippoboscidae that parasitize different deer species. The present study aims to identify 19 flies that parasitize deer of the genus Mazama in the State of Paraná, Brazil. We analyzed 18 flies (Lipoptena mazamae) and 1 Lipoptena guimaraesi. This study expands the host list for L. guimaraesi, previously restricted to a single deer species (Ozotoceros bezoarticus).

Highlights

O gênero Lipoptena engloba insetos hematófagos da família Hippoboscidae que parasitam diferentes espécies de cervídeos
The family Hippoboscidae comprises 21 genera and 200 species as described in 18 orders of birds and 5 orders of mammals (Reeves & Lloyd, 2019), among which are the species of the genus Lipoptena
The occurrence of Lipoptena spp. is widely reported on neotropical deer and the most common species found in Brazil are Lipoptena mazamae (Rondani, 1878) and Lipoptena guimaraesi (Bequaert, 1957) (Souza et al, 2017), which have been reported in the states of Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul

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Introduction

O gênero Lipoptena engloba insetos hematófagos da família Hippoboscidae que parasitam diferentes espécies de cervídeos. The occurrence of Lipoptena spp. is widely reported on neotropical deer and the most common species found in Brazil are Lipoptena mazamae (Rondani, 1878) and Lipoptena guimaraesi (Bequaert, 1957) (Souza et al, 2017), which have been reported in the states of Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul. To date, L. guimaraesi (Bequaert, 1957) has been exclusively found on deer of the species Ozotoceros bezoarticus (L.,1758) (pampas deer), while the hosts of L. mazamae include Mazama gouazoubira (Fischer,1814) (gray brocket), M. americana (Erxleben, 1777) (red brocket), and Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann, 1780) (white-tailed deer) in addition to O. bezoarticus (Graciolli & Carvalho, 2003; Graciolli et al, 2011).

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