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1 January 2000 Louse Flies on Birds of Baja California
José L. Tella, Ricardo Rodríguez-Estrella, Guillermo Blanco
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Abstract

Louse flies were collected from 401 birds of 32 species captured in autumn of 1996 in Baja California Sur (México). Only one louse fly species (Microlynchia pusilla) was found. It occurred in four of the 164 common ground doves (Columbina passerina) collected. This is a new a host species for this louse fly.

Tella, Rodríguez-Estrella, and Blanco: Louse Flies on Birds of Baja California
José L. Tella, Ricardo Rodríguez-Estrella, and Guillermo Blanco "Louse Flies on Birds of Baja California," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36(1), 154-156, (1 January 2000). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-36.1.154
Received: 20 April 1999; Published: 1 January 2000
KEYWORDS
Hippoboscidae
louse flies on birds
Microlynchia pusilla
new host record survey
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