Carnus hemapterus Nitzsch

Diagnosis: 

Distinguished from occidentalis by the relatively longer surstylus (apical width/total length 0.40) (fig. 6), and by the long paraphysis in lateral view (0.54 greatest width/length). Separated from orientalis by having a wider interocular distance; cheek deeper; abdominal sternites (males) rectangular; abdominal pleural membrane with setulae more numberous in both sexes; female tergites smaller. (Grimaldi 1997: 6)

Taxonomic data
Valid Genus: 
Carnus
Species epithet: 
hemapterus
Author: 
Nitzsch
Year: 
1818
Page: 
306
Synonyms: 

Cenchridobia eggeri Schiner, 1862: 436; Carnus setosus Stobbe, 1913: 193

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General
Distribution: 

Palaearctic Region: widespread in Europe; Israel, Japan; Nearctic Region: widespread.

Biology: 

Adults loose their wings and live hemiparasitic on bird nestlings. The larvae develop in various kinds of bird's nests. Summary see Grimaldi 1997 : 6. There have been a number of recent papers on ecology of Carnus hemapterus (filter the bibliographic tool for the keyword 'hemapterus')

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