Carnus hemapterus

Description & taxonomy

  • 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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    Description: Adult
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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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  • Carnus hemapterus, male, lateral
  • Carnus hemapterus, female, lateral
  • Carnus hemapterus, female, head, lateral
  • Carnus hemapterus, frontal
  • Carnus hemapterus, female, dorsal

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Bibliography

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2008Ontiveros, D.; Caro, J.; Pleguezuelos, J. M.Possible functions of alternative nests in raptors: the case of Bonelli's Eagle
2008Vaclav, Radovan; Calero-Torralbo, Miguel A.; Valera, FranciscoEctoparasite load is linked to ontogeny and cell-mediated immunity in an avian host system with pronounced hatching asynchrony
2008Matyukhin, A. V.; Krivosheina, M. G.To the knowledge of Diptera (Insecta) - Parasites of birds
2007Roulin, Alexandre; Christe, Philippe; Dijkstra, Cor; Ducrest, Anne-Lyse; Jungi, Thomas W.Origin-related, environmental, sex, and age determinants of immunocompetence, susceptibility to ectoparasites, and disease symptoms in the barn owl
2007Hansen, Helle JuulEctoparasites on cormorant chicks in Denmark with first finding of the carnid fly Carnus hemapterus (Carnidae; Diptera)
2007Lopez-Rull, I.; Gil, M.; Gil, D.Spots in starling Sturnus unicolor eggs are good indicators of ectoparasite load by Carnus hemapterus (Diptera : Carnidae)
2007Ortego, Joaquon; Espada, FranciscoEcological factors influencing disease risk in eagle owls Bubo bubo
2007de Neve, Liesbeth; Soler, Juan J.; Ruiz-Rodriguez, Magdalena; Martin-Galvez, David; Perez-Contreras, Tomas; Soler, ManuelHabitat-specific effects of a food supplementation experiment on immunocompetence in Eurasian magpie Pica pica nestlings
2006Valera, F.; Casas-Criville, A.; Calero-Torralbo, M. A.Prolonged diapause in the ectoparasite Carnus hemapterus (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha, Acalyptratae) - how frequent is it in parasites
2006Valera, F.; Martín-Vivaldi, M.; Carles-Tolrá, M.Life-history variation in three coexisting species of carnid flies (Diptera: Carnidae), Carnus hemapterus, Hemeromyia anthracina and Hemeromyia longirostris
2006Martin-Vivaldi, Manuel; Ruiz-Rodriguez, Magdalena; Mendez, Maria; Soler, Juan J.Relative importance of factors affecting nestling immune response differs between junior and senior nestlings within broods of hoopoes Upupa epops
2005Heddergott, M.Ergänzung zur Checkliste der Diptera Acalyptratae Thüringens: Carnidae
2005Janoskova, Viera; Jamriska, Jan; Orszaghova, ZlaticaCarnus hemapterus (Diptera, Carnidae) and its occurence [occurrence] in Slovakia
2004Westneat, D. F.; Weiskittle, J.; Edenfield, R.; Kinnard, T. B.; Poston, J. P.Correlates of cell-mediated immunity in nestling house sparrows
2003Roulin, A.; Brinkhof, M. W. G.; Bize, P.; Richner, H.; Jungi, T. W.; Bavoux, C.; Boileau, N.; Burneleau, G.Which chick is tasty to parasites? The importance of host immunology vs. parasite life history
2003Heddergott, M.Parasitisierung nestjunger Turmfalken Falco t. tinnunculus durch die Gefiederfliege Carnus hemapterus (Insecta: Milichiidae, Diptera)
2003Valera, F.; Casas-Crivillé, A.; Hoi, H.Interspecific parasite exchange in a mixed colony of birds
2002Beuk, P. L. T.Family Carnidae
2001Fargallo, J. A.; Blanco, G.; Potti, J.; Vinuela, J.Nestbox provisioning in a rural population of Eurasian Kestrels: breeding performance, nest predation and parasitism
2001Roulin, A.; Riols, C.; Dijkstra, C.; Ducrest, A. L.Female plumage spottiness signals parasite resistance in the barn owl (Tyto alba)
2001Krivokhatskii, V. A.; Nartshuk, E. P.Flies (Diptera) inhabiting bird nests in the "Forest on the Vorskla River" nature reserve (Belgorod Province)
2001Liker, A.; Márkus, M.; Vozár, Á; Zemankovics, E.Distribution of Carnus hemapterus in a starling colony
2001Petrescu, A.; Adam, C.Interspecific relations in the populations of Merops apiaster L. (Aves: Coraciiformes) of southern Romania
2001Chandler, P. J.; Petersen, F. T.; Papp, L.Carnidae
2000Iwasa, M.Carnus hemapterus Nitzsch (Diptera, Carnidae) found from the external auditory meatus of human, new to Japan
2000Petrescu, A.; Adam, C.Carnus hemapterus Nitzsch, 1818 (Diptera: Carnidae) parasite on Merops apiaster L. (Aves: Meropidae) in southern Romania
1999Lacinia, D.Ectoparasite Carnus hemapterus influences the mass growth rate of nestlings of European Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
1999Brake, I.Carnidae
1999Roulin, A.Fécondité de la mouche Carnus hemapterus, ectoparasite des jeunes Chouettes effraies Tyto alba
1998Roulin, A.Cycle de reproduction et abondance du diptère parasite Carnus hemapterus dans les nichée de Chouettes effraies Tyto alba
1997Grimaldi, D. A.The bird flies, genus Carnus: Species revision, generic relationships, and a fossil Meoneura in Amber (Diptera: Carnidae)

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