Record of a new host for Carnus hemapterus (Diptera: Carnidae)

Nana Ushine; Shin-ichi Hayama; Tatsuo Sato; Masaki Nonagase; Takeo Yamauchi

doi:10.7601/mez.72.81

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Record of a new host for Carnus hemapterus (Diptera: Carnidae)

Nana Ushine, Shin-ichi Hayama, Tatsuo Sato, Masaki Nonagase, Takeo Yamauchi

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Keywords: Carnidae, Carnus hemapterus, ectoparasite, Sturnus cineraceus, zoonosis

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2021 Volume 72 Issue 2 Pages 81-83

DOI https://doi.org/10.7601/mez.72.81

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Abstract

Carnus hemapterus Nitzsch (Diptera: Carnidae) was collected from a white-cheeked starling, Sturnus cineraceus Temminck in Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Here, we report the white-cheeked starling as a new host for C. hemapterus.

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