Carnus ( lat. , from other Greek κάρνος "grazing herd") is a genus of diptera insects from the Carnidae family. Parasites of birds. 5 types. Nearctic , Palearctic and Southeast Asia [1] [2] .
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Description
Small flies, length about 2 mm, body dark (black-brown). Blood-sucking ectoparasites of chicks of birds. The species Carnus hemapterus is widespread in Europe and the northern and temperate regions of Asia and America. Females lack 1–5 abdominal sternites [1] . Cells cup and bm-cu and vein A 1 + CuA 2 are absent [3] [4] . In young individuals, wings are developed, while in adults they fall away [5] .
Systematics
5 types. The group of genera Meoneura + Carnus together with the genus Enigmocarnus form a sister group to the genus Hemeromyia . Together, they form a common treasure with a group from the genera Neomeoneurites and the extinct Meoneurites [1] .
- C. floridensis Grimaldi , 1997 [1]
- C. hemapterus Nitzsch , 1818 [1] [6]
- C. mexicana Grimaldi , 1997 [1]
- C. occidentalis Grimaldi , 1997 [1]
- C. orientalis Maa, 1968 [1]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 World Catalog of the Family Carnidae (Diptera, Schizophora) . MYIA (2011). Date of treatment January 4, 2013.
- ↑ Carnus Nitzsch, 1818 (inaccessible link) . sel.barc.usda.gov (2013). - Taxonomy. Date of treatment November 30, 2013. Archived February 17, 2013.
- ↑ Key to insects of the Russian Far East. T. VI. Diptera and fleas. Part 1 / under the general. ed. P.A. Lera . - Vladivostok: Dalnauka, 1999 .-- S. 578. - 655 p. - 500 copies. - ISBN 5-7442-0921-2 .
- ↑ Carnus Nitzsch, 1818 . diptera.myspecies.info (2013). - Taxonomy. Date of treatment November 30, 2013.
- ↑ Key to insects of the European part of the USSR. T. II. Coleoptera and fan-winged. / under total. ed. Corr. G. Ya. Bey-Bienko . - M. - L .: "Science", 1965. - S. 356-361. - 668 p. - (Keys to the fauna of the USSR, published by the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR ; issue 89.). - 5700 copies.
- ↑ Chandler, Peter J. Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. - London: Royal Entomological Society of London , 1998. - Vol. 12. - P. 1–234. - ISBN 0-901546-82-8 .
Literature
- Chandler, P. Carnidae. P. 144. In (Checklist of insects of the British Isles; 1) (English) // Handb. Ident. Brit. Ins. 12: Diptera (incorporating a list of Irish Diptera). - London, 1998. - Vol. 20. - P. 1-334.
- Grimaldi, DA The bird flies, genus Carnus: Species revision, generic relationships, and a fossil Meoneura in amber (Diptera: Carnidae) (Eng.) // American Museum Novitates: Journal. - American Museum, 1997. - Vol. 3190. - P. 1-30.
Links
- Carnus Eol.org (2013). - Taxonomy. Date of treatment November 30, 2013.
- Carnus Biolib.cz (2013). - Taxonomy. Date of treatment November 30, 2013.
- Carnus Nitzsch, 1818 diptera.myspecies.info (2013). - Taxonomy. Date of treatment November 30, 2013.