Insects found in birds’ nests from Argentina: Anumbius annumbi (Vieillot, 1817) (Aves: Furnariidae)
Author
Turienzo, Paola
Author
Iorio, Osvaldo Di
text
Zootaxa
2008
1871
1
55
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.183966
531f77bf-5599-45cf-8024-aec7cf4c96c3
1175-5326
183966
Cavognathidae
Cavognatha
sp.
The family
Cavognathidae
comprises four genera, found in
Australia
[
Cavognatha
Crowson
, 3 spp.], South
America
[
Taphropiestes
Reitter
,
1 sp.
], and
New Zealand
[
Neocercus
Broun
;
Zeonidicola
Watt
] (
Lawrence & Newton, 1995
). All species with known habitats have been found as adults and larvae in nests of diverse birds. Larvae of
Cavognatha pullivora
Crowson
have been observed to feed on nestlings of the bird
Gymnorhina tibicen
(Latham)
[Aves:
Cracticidae
] from
Australia
(
Crowson, 1981
). The monotypic
Taphropiestes fusca
Reitter
is present in southern
Chile
; the biological antecedents of this species are unknown (
Elgueta & Arriagada 1989
).
Finding an undetermined species of
Cavognatha
(probably a new species) in nests of
A. annumbi
from
Argentina
(
Table 2
) is a new record of
Cavognathidae
for both
Argentina
and South
America
.