Ornithomya avicularia

Ornithomya avicularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Hippoboscidae
Genus:	Ornithomya
Species:	O. avicularia
Binomial name
	Ornithomya avicularia; (Linnaeus, 1758)

Last updated August 18, 2025

Ornithomya avicularia is a species of fly in the family Hippoboscidae. It is found in the Palearctic.^[1]^[2]^[3] The species prefers tree-dwelling birds as hosts.^[4]

References

↑ Fauna Europaea
↑ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I,II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
↑ Hutson, A.M. 1984. Keds, flat-flies and bat-flies. Diptera, Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 10(7): 1-40. Royal Entomological Society, London
↑ Lehikoinen, Aleksi; Pohjola, Pekka; Valkama, Jari; Mutanen, Marko; Pohjoismäki, Jaakko L. O. (2021-05-27). "Promiscuous specialists: Host specificity patterns among generalist louse flies". PLOS ONE. 16 (5). Public Library of Science (PLoS): e0247698. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247698 . hdl: 10138/332749 . ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 8158981 .

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I,II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4

[3] Hutson, A.M. 1984. Keds, flat-flies and bat-flies. Diptera, Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 10(7): 1-40. Royal Entomological Society, London

[Lehikoinen_Pohjola_Valkama_Mutanen_2021_p=e0247698-4] Lehikoinen, Aleksi; Pohjola, Pekka; Valkama, Jari; Mutanen, Marko; Pohjoismäki, Jaakko L. O. (2021-05-27). "Promiscuous specialists: Host specificity patterns among generalist louse flies". PLOS ONE. 16 (5). Public Library of Science (PLoS): e0247698. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247698 . hdl: 10138/332749 . ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 8158981 .

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