Pupipara (Diptera, Hippoboscidae) in wild birds attended at a rehabilitation center in southern Brazil.

Renata Fagundes Moreira,Marcelo Meller Alievi,Ugo Araújo Souza,João Fabio Soares,Gustavo Graciolli,Aline Girotto-Soares,Derek Blaese Amorim,Laura De Campos Farezin,Lívia Eichenberg Surita,Bruna Zafalon Da Silva

doi:10.1590/s1984-29612019004

Abstract

The hippoboscids are cosmopolitan permanent obligate hematophagous ectoparasites of birds, domestic and wild mammals and, occasionally, humans. Some species may act as vectors or hosts of etiological pathogenic agents. The aims of this study were to report on the first cases of Hippoboscidae in Crax blumenbachii and Parabuteo unicinctus; to provide new reports from Brazil on Tyto furcata and Asio stygius parasitized by Icosta americana; to report on individuals of Bubo virginianus, Falco sparverius and Accipiter striatus parasitized by genera Ornithoctona; and to provide new reports on parasitism of O. erythrocephala in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The birds of prey and C. blumenbachii were attended at a rehabilitation center in Porto Alegre and at a veterinary hospital in Cruz Alta. These new records demonstrate the huge gap that exists regarding studies on avian ectoparasites and highlight potential vectors of hemoparasites for the bird species studied.

Highlights

Hippoboscid flies are cosmopolitan permanent obligate hematophagous ectoparasites of birds, domestic and wild mammals and, occasionally, humans (RODHAIN, 2015)
The aims of this study were to report on the first cases of Hippoboscidae in Crax blumenbachii and Parabuteo unicinctus; to provide new reports from Brazil on Tyto furcata and Asio stygius parasitized by Icosta americana; to report on individuals of Bubo virginianus, Falco sparverius and Accipiter striatus parasitized by genera Ornithoctona; and to provide new reports on parasitism of O. erythrocephala in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
The aims of this study were to report on the first cases of Hippoboscidae in C. blumenbachii and P. unicinctus; to provide new reports from Brazil on T. furcata and A. stygius parasitized by I. americana; to report on individuals of B. virginianus, F. sparverius and A. striatus parasitized by genera Ornithoctona; and to provide new reports on the distribution and parasitism of O. erythrocephala in the state of Rio Grande do Sul

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Introduction

Hippoboscid flies are cosmopolitan permanent obligate hematophagous ectoparasites of birds, domestic and wild mammals and, occasionally, humans (RODHAIN, 2015). The females of these flies do not lay eggs, but grow larvae internally; when fully developed, the larvae are released and pupated immediately (HUTSON, 1971). Pseudolynchia canariensis is frequently found in pigeons, causing damage to these birds, and is the only known vector of Haemoproteus columbae (SERRA-FREIRE & MELLO, 2006; RAHOLA et al, 2011; RODHAIN, 2015).

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