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Thu, 12/06/2007 - 14:14 — Irina Brake

Meoneura lamellata

Thu, 05/29/2008 - 07:41 — Irina Brake
Meoneura lamellata

Photo: I. Brake

Germany. Mellum, May 1995

Meoneura obscurella, male, lateral

Tue, 04/22/2008 - 13:51 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
USNM Diptera Meo. obsc. M
Meoneura obscurella, male, lateral

Photo: I. Brake

World Catalog of the Family Carnidae (Diptera, Schizophora)

This manuscript is submitted to the MYIA series and will be published in MYIA 12. While the basic work for this catalog has been done more than 7 years ago, a thorough review and the formating were done as part of my Smithsonanian fellowship working on the BioSystematic Database of World Diptera.

Carnus Nitzsch

Wed, 05/28/2008 - 14:00 — Irina Brake
Diagnosis: 

Wings usually broken off, leaving a short stub; if wing complete, crossvein dm-cu absent. Female with abdominal sternites 1-5 absent; membrane with numerous setiferous sclerotized spots. Consists of 5 species.

Taxonomic data
Synonyms: 
Other Information: 
Description: Adult
Head: 
Thorax: 
Wing: 
Legs: 
Male abdomen: 
Female abdomen: 
Description: Immature stages
Egg: 
Larva: 
Puparium: 
General
Distribution: 

Mainly Nearctic Region, but occurs also in the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions.

Biology: 

The larvae develop in various kinds of bird's nests, adults loose their wings and live hemiparasitic on the nestlings.

Discussion: 

Carnus hemapterus Nitzsch

Wed, 10/01/2008 - 15:14 — Irina Brake
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

Other Information: 
Description: Adult
Head: 
Thorax: 
Wing: 
Legs: 
Male abdomen: 
Female abdomen: 
Description: Immature stages
Egg: 
Larva: 
Puparium: 
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')

Discussion: 
Description in general words: 
Common name: 

USNM Diptera Meo. obsc. M

Tue, 04/22/2008 - 13:31 — Irina Brake

Collection

Institution Code: USNM

Collection Code: Diptera

Catalogue Number Text: Meo. obsc. M

Collector: Peck, O.

Earliest Date Collected: 1955/6/15

Latest Date Collected: 1955/6/15

Identification

Basis of Record: Preserved Specimen

Taxonomic Name: Meoneura obscurella

Identified By: Brake, Irina

Date Identified: 1900/1/1

Location

Continent Ocean: Northern America

State Province: Ontario

Locality: Canada. Ontario: Ottawa, Ritchie Food & Seed Co.

Country Code: Canada

Miscellaneous

Sex: Male

Life Stage: adult

NMW Diptera Meo. pect. (Brake 3218337)

Tue, 06/17/2008 - 09:06 — Irina Brake

Collection

Institution Code: NMW

Collection Code: Diptera

Catalogue Number Text: Meo. pect. (Brake 3218337)

Collector: Winthem

Earliest Date Collected: 1900/1/1

Latest Date Collected: 1900/1/1

Count: 1

Identification

Basis of Record: Preserved Specimen

Taxonomic Name: Meoneura pectinata

Identified By: Meigen, J. W.

Date Identified: 1900/1/1

Location

Continent Ocean: Europe

Country Code: Austria

Miscellaneous

Sex: Female

Life Stage: adult

Remarks: Locality not given

NMW Diptera Meo. inf. (Brake 3218341)

Tue, 06/17/2008 - 09:05 — Irina Brake

Collection

Institution Code: NMW

Collection Code: Diptera

Catalogue Number Text: Meo. inf. (Brake 3218341)

Collector: Winthem

Earliest Date Collected: 1900/1/1

Latest Date Collected: 1900/1/1

Count: 1

Identification

Basis of Record: Preserved Specimen

Taxonomic Name: Meoneura infuscata

Identified By: Meigen, J. W.

Date Identified: 1900/1/1

Location

Continent Ocean: Europe

Country Code: Austria

Miscellaneous

Sex: Unknown

Life Stage: adult

Remarks: Locality not given

Carnus setosus, frontal

Tue, 06/17/2008 - 09:22 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
NMW Diptera C. set. (Brake 3218346)
Carnus setosus, frontal

Carnus setosus, LT, lateral2

Wed, 04/09/2008 - 13:34 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
NMW Diptera C. set. (Brake 3218346)
Carnus setosus, LT, lateral2

Carnus setosus, lateral

Tue, 06/17/2008 - 09:20 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
NMW Diptera C. set. (Brake 3218346)
Carnus setosus, lateral

NMW Diptera C. set. (Brake 3218346)

Tue, 06/17/2008 - 09:03 — Irina Brake

Collection

Institution Code: NMW

Collection Code: Diptera

Catalogue Number Text: C. set. (Brake 3218346)

Collector: Zelebor, J.

Earliest Date Collected: 1900/1/1

Latest Date Collected: 1900/1/1

Count: 1

Field Notes: on Picus major

Identification

Basis of Record: Preserved Specimen

Taxonomic Name: Carnus setosus

Identified By: Stobbe

Date Identified: 1900/1/1

Location

Continent Ocean: Europe

Country Code: Austria

Miscellaneous

Sex: Male

Life Stage: adult

Carnus eggeri, dorsal

Tue, 06/17/2008 - 09:24 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
NMW Diptera C. egg. (Brake 3218342)
Carnus eggeri, dorsal

Carnus eggeri, head, frontal

Tue, 06/17/2008 - 09:24 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
NMW Diptera C. egg. (Brake 3218342)
Carnus eggeri, head, frontal

Carnus eggeri, habitus lateral

Tue, 06/17/2008 - 09:14 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
NMW Diptera C. egg. (Brake 3218342)
Carnus eggeri, habitus lateral

Carnus eggeri, habitus lateral2

Tue, 06/17/2008 - 09:23 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
NMW Diptera C. egg. (Brake 3218342)
Carnus eggeri, habitus lateral2

NMW Diptera C. egg. (Brake 3218342)

Tue, 06/17/2008 - 09:01 — Irina Brake

Collection

Institution Code: NMW

Collection Code: Diptera

Catalogue Number Text: C. egg. (Brake 3218342)

Collector: Egger, J.

Earliest Date Collected: 1900/1/1

Latest Date Collected: 1900/1/1

Count: 1

Identification

Basis of Record: Preserved Specimen

Taxonomic Name: Carnus eggeri

Identified By: Schiner, J. R.

Date Identified: 1900/1/1

Location

Continent Ocean: Europe

Country Code: Austria

Miscellaneous

Sex: Male

Life Stage: adult

USNM Diptera C. h. M

Tue, 04/22/2008 - 13:29 — Irina Brake

Collection

Institution Code: USNM

Collection Code: Diptera

Catalogue Number Text: C. h. M

Collector: Lavallee, A.

Earliest Date Collected: 1971/5/15

Latest Date Collected: 1971/5/15

Count: 1

Identification

Basis of Record: Preserved Specimen

Taxonomic Name: Carnus hemapterus

Identified By: Brake, Irina

Date Identified: 1900/1/1

Location

Continent Ocean: Northern America

State Province: Rhode Island

County: Providence

Locality: Richmond

Latitude: 41.766700

Longitude: -71.616700

Country Code: United States

Miscellaneous

Sex: Male

Life Stage: adult

USNM Diptera H. obsc. M

Tue, 04/22/2008 - 13:28 — Irina Brake

Collection

Institution Code: USNM

Collection Code: Diptera

Catalogue Number Text: H. obsc. M

Collector: Mathis, Wayne & Diane

Earliest Date Collected: 2005/3/31

Latest Date Collected: 2005/3/31

Count: 1

Identification

Basis of Record: Preserved Specimen

Taxonomic Name: Hemeromyia obscura

Identified By: Brake, Irina

Date Identified: 1900/1/1

Location

Continent Ocean: Northern America

State Province: California

County: San Bernardino

Locality: China Ranch

Minimum Elevation: 380

Latitude: 35.801667

Longitude: -116.028333

Country Code: United States

Miscellaneous

Sex: Male

Life Stage: adult

USNM Diptera C. h.

Tue, 04/22/2008 - 13:28 — Irina Brake

Collection

Institution Code: USNM

Collection Code: Diptera

Catalogue Number Text: C. h.

Collector: Robichand, W. G.

Earliest Date Collected: 1974/6/5

Latest Date Collected: 1974/6/5

Count: 1

Field Notes: ex Osprey nestling

Identification

Basis of Record: Preserved Specimen

Taxonomic Name: Carnus hemapterus

Identified By: Brake, Irina

Date Identified: 1900/1/1

Location

Continent Ocean: Northern America

State Province: Nova Scotia

County: Cape May

Locality: Avalon

Georeference Remarks: Locality couldn't be found

Country Code: Canada

Miscellaneous

Sex: Female

Life Stage: adult

USNM Diptera H. obsc. F

Tue, 04/22/2008 - 13:27 — Irina Brake

Collection

Institution Code: USNM

Collection Code: Diptera

Catalogue Number Text: H. obsc. F

Collector: Mathis, Wayne & Diane

Earliest Date Collected: 2005/3/31

Latest Date Collected: 2005/3/31

Count: 1

Identification

Basis of Record: Preserved Specimen

Taxonomic Name: Hemeromyia obscura

Identified By: Brake, Irina

Date Identified: 1900/1/1

Location

Continent Ocean: Northern America

State Province: California

County: San Bernardino

Locality: China Ranch

Minimum Elevation: 380

Latitude: 35.801667

Longitude: -116.028333

Country Code: United States

Miscellaneous

Sex: Female

Life Stage: adult

Introduction to Carnidae

The Carnidae are quite small (1-2 mm) black flies and probably due to their small size, they have not attracted a great degree of study. One notable exception is Carnus hemapterus Nitzsch, which is parasitic on birds, and was therefore the centre of several studies. Most species of the Carnidae are saprophagous and are associated with carrion, faeces, or bird's nests. Worldwide there are five genera with 88 extant and two fossil species.

Meoneura obscurella, male, terminalia

Wed, 04/09/2008 - 14:03 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
USNM Diptera Meo. obsc. M
Meoneura obscurella, male, terminalia

Photo: I. Brake

Meoneura obscurella, male, head lateral

Wed, 04/09/2008 - 14:04 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
USNM Diptera Meo. obsc. M
Meoneura obscurella, male, head lateral

Photo: I. Brake

Meoneura obscurella, male, head frontal

Wed, 04/09/2008 - 14:05 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
USNM Diptera Meo. obsc. M
Meoneura obscurella, male, head frontal

Photo: I. Brake

Carnus hemapterus, frontal

Wed, 04/09/2008 - 12:40 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
USNM Diptera C. h. M
Carnus hemapterus, frontal

Photo: I. Brake

Carnus hemapterus, female, head, lateral

Wed, 04/09/2008 - 12:27 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
USNM Diptera C. h.
Carnus hemapterus, female, head, lateral

Photo: I. Brake

Carnus hemapterus, female, dorsal

Wed, 04/09/2008 - 12:26 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
USNM Diptera C. h.
Carnus hemapterus, female, dorsal

Photo: I. Brake

Carnus hemapterus, female, lateral

Wed, 04/09/2008 - 12:17 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
USNM Diptera C. h.
Carnus hemapterus, female, lateral

Photo: I. Brake

 

Hemeromyia obscura, male, lateral

Wed, 04/09/2008 - 12:23 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
USNM Diptera H. obsc. M
Hemeromyia obscura, male, lateral

Photo: I. Brake.

Hemeromyia obscura, head lateral

Wed, 04/09/2008 - 12:24 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
USNM Diptera H. obsc. M
Hemeromyia obscura, head lateral

Photo: I. Brake.

Hemeromyia obscura, female, lateral

Wed, 04/09/2008 - 10:39 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
USNM Diptera H. obsc. F
Hemeromyia obscura, female, lateral

Photo: I. Brake.

Hemeromyia obscura, head frontal

Wed, 04/09/2008 - 12:23 — Irina Brake
Specimen: 
USNM Diptera H. obsc. M
Hemeromyia obscura, head frontal

Photo: I. Brake.