Species Ornithomya nigricornis Erichson, 1842

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• Ornithomya nigricornis Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [274].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♀, no host record, "Vandiemensland" (= Tasmania).
• Ornithomya avicularia nigricornis Erichson, 1842.

  Secondary source:

   Maa, T.C. 1969. Studies in Hippoboscidae (Diptera). Part 2. A revised checklist and concise host index of Hippoboscidae (Diptera). Pacific Insects Monographs 20: 261-299 [Date published 20 February] [268].
• Ornithomya tasmanensis Macquart, J. 1851. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Suite du 4.e supplément publié dans les mémoires de 1849. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille 1850: 134-294 [282 (309)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♀, no host record, "Tasmanie" (Tasmania).

Introduction

Recorded from a variety of host species. See Maa (1962, 1986), for full list of hosts.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: ectoparasitic.

General References

Maa, T.C. 1962. Notes on the Hippoboscidae (Diptera), 1. Pacific Insects 4: 583-614 [Date published 10 October] [593-595]

Maa, T.C. 1986. A taxonomic revision of the Hippoboscidae (Diptera) of Tasmania, Australia. Journal of the Taiwan Museum 39: 83-92 [Date published June] [84-85]

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