An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador)
Author
Sinclair, Bradley J.
0000-0001-6413-1606
bradley.sinclair@inspection.gc.ca
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-09
5283
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1
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spinifera
(Leach)
Feronia spinifera
Leach, 1817: 11
(Leach 1818: 557)
.
Olfersia spinifera
:
Johnson 1924: 91
[records];
Curran 1932: 366
[records];
Bequaert 1933: 132
[records];
Bequaert 1957: 431
[records];
Linsley & Usinger 1966: 173
[checklist]; Guimar„es 1968: 8 [catalogue].
Distribution.
Native. Cosmopolitan over tropical seas;
Galápagos
: Floreana, Genovesa, Santa Cruz, Seymour.
Remarks.
This species is an obligate parasite of frigate birds (
Fregata
Lacépède
) (
Bequaert 1957
) that is suspected to be a vector of
Haemoproteus
parasites in
Galápagos
Pelecaniform birds (
Levin
et al
. 2011
). In the
Galápagos
, it has been recorded from
Fregata minor ridgwayi
Mathews
and
F. m. magnificens
Mathews (
Bequaert 1957
). This species is known to be infected by the epidermoptid mite,
Myialges
Trouessart
, which are bird skin parasites (
Bequaert 1933
).