Species Ornithoctona plicata (Olfers, 1816)
- Ornithomyia plicata Olfers, J.F.M. von 1816. De vegetativis et animatis corporibus in corporibus animatus reperiundis commentarius. Dissertatio. Berlin : Maureriana. vi 113 pp. pl. 1 [102].
Type data:
Holotype Mauritius. - Ornithomyia nigricans Leach, W.E. 1817. On the genera and species of eproboscideous insects. Edinburgh : Neill & Co. 20 pp. [Date published September] [12].
- Hyppobosca australis Guérin-Méneville, F.E. 1831. Zoologie Atlas; Insects. pls 1-21 in Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de sa Majest., La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 sous le ministère de S.E.M. Le Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, et publié sous les auspices de son Excellence M. Le Cte De Chabrol, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Histoire naturelle, zoologie. Paris : A. Bertrand. [Date published 1830-1832] [pl. 21, fig. 12].
Type data:
Status unknown, NSW. - Hippobosca sitiens Boisduval 1835. Faune entomologique de l'Océan pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. Deuxième partie. Coléoptères et autres ordres. In: Voyage de découvertes de L'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris : J. Tastu vii + 716 pp. [Date published before 3 June] [667].
- Hippobosca viridipes Walker, F. 1858. Characters of undescribed Diptera in the collection of W.W. Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., &c. [part]. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London N.S. 4: 190-235 [235].
Type data:
Status unknown, NSW. - Ornithomyia doreica Walker, F. 1861. Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Dorey, New Guinea, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 5: 229-254 [Date published 27 March] [254].
- Ornithomyia hatamensis Rondani, C. 1878. Muscaria exotica Musei Civici januensis. Fragmentum IV. Hippoboscita exotica non vel minus cognita. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 12: 150-169 [Date published 30 March] [158].
- Ornithomyia batchiana Rondani, C. 1878. Muscaria exotica Musei Civici januensis. Fragmentum IV. Hippoboscita exotica non vel minus cognita. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 12: 150-169 [Date published 30 March] [158].
Type data:
Status unknown, NSW. - Ornithomyia kanakorum Bigot, J.M.F. 1885. Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 27e partie. XXXV. Famille des Anomalocerati (mihi) (Coriacae, Pupipara, Nycteribidae. Auctor). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 6 5: 225-246 [Date published 28 December] [244].
- Ornithoctona vitrina Speiser, P. 1904. Studien über Hippobosciden. II. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 41: 332-350 [Date published 5 December] [343].
Generic Combinations
- Ornithoctona plicata (Olfers, 1816). —
Maa, T.C. 1963. Genera and species of Hippoboscidae (Diptera): types, synonymy, habitats and natural groupings. Pacific Insects Monographs 6: 1-186 [Date published 15 December] [101-102]
Introduction
Known from a variety of bird species — see Maa (1962) for extensive list.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Extra-limital distribution: Mauritius; American Samoa; Fiji: Indonesia; Micronesia; New Caledonia; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Vanuatu; Western Samoa; Oriental Region
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
- Maa, T.C. 1962. Notes on the Hippoboscidae (Diptera), 1. Pacific Insects 4: 583-614 [Date published 10 October] [597-598]
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] [597-598]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 19-Dec-2011 | 19-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |