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.