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Table II.

Hippoboscidae from the “Parc National de Midongy Befotaka”, Madagascar, and characteristics of their bird hosts. Specimens held in the Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH) and the Université d’Antananarivo, Département de Biologie Animale (UADBA). Specimens in the UADBA collection have yet to be catalogued and are referred to by the collection number.

Determination of genus based on morphological criteria Determination of species group based on morphological criteria Determination of species
(see text)
Number and sex of hippoboscids per bird host Bird host Catalogue number of host Field catalogue of collectors’d Collection date (in 2003) Collection longitude Collection latitude Collection altitude (m)
Icosta
Speiser, 1905
plana Icosta malagasii
Maa, 1969
1 ♂ Accipiter francesii
Smith, 1834a
UADBA DW 5579 DW 5579 14 Nov 47°03.1’E 23°30.6’S 650

Ornithoctona
Speiser, 1902
australasiae Ornithoctona laticornis
(Macquart, 1935)
1 ♀ Atelornis crossleyi
Sharpe, 1875b
FMNH 438665 SMG 13910 3 Nov 46°57.5’E 23°50.3’S 1,250
1 ♂ + 2 ♀ Atelornis pittoides
(Lafresnaye, 1834)b
FMNH 438661 DW 5514 3 Nov 46°57.5’E 23°50.3’S 1,250
1 ♀ Atelornis pittoides
(Lafresnaye, 1834)
FMNH 438662 DW 5518 4 Nov 46°57.5’E 23°50.3’S 1,250
1 ♀ Monticola sharpie
(Gray, 1871)b
FMNH 438738 DW 5528 5 Nov 46°57.5’E 23°50.3’S 1,250

Ornitboica
Rondani, 1878
turdi Ornitboica podicipis
von Röder, 1892
1 ♂ Atelornis pittoides
(Lafresnaye, 1834)
FMNH 438660 DW 5458 27 Oct 46°57.8’E 23°50.1’S 875
1 ♂ + 1 ♀ Atelornis pittoides
(Lafresnaye, 1834)
FMNH 438662 DW 5518 4 Nov 46°57.5’E 23°50.3’S 1,250
1 ♂ + 1 ♀ Accipiter francesii
Smith, 1834
UADBA DW 5531 DW 5531 13 Nov 46°57.5’E 23°50.3’S 1,250
1 ♂ Accipiter francesii
Smith, 1834
UADBA DW 5543 DW 5543 6 Nov 46°57.5’E 23°50.3’S 1,250
1 ♀ Otus rutilus
(Pucheran, 1849)b, c
UADBA DW 5568 DW 5568 13 Nov 47°03.1’E 23°30.6’S 650
1 ♂ + 1 ♀ Brachypteracias leptosomus
(Lesson, 1832)b
FMNH 438658 DW 5490 30 Oct 46°57.8’E 23°50.1’S 875
1 ♀ Streptopelia picturata
(Temminck, 1813)a
FMNH 438653 SMG 13944 7 Nov 46°57.5’E 23°50.3’S 1,250

Total 17
(10 ♀, 7 ♂)
11 birds belonging to seven bird species
a

Malagasy region endemic (Madagascar and the Comoros);

b

Madagascar endemic;

c

Following Fuchs et al. (2008) this species is endemic to Madagascar;

d

DW = Dave Willard; SMG = Steven M Goodman.

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