New Record of Lipoptena cervi and Updated Checklist of the Louse Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) of the Republic of Korea

Abstract

This is the first confirmed record of the genus Lipoptena Nitzsch and its species, Lipoptena cervi (Linnaeus), from the Republic of Korea. A total of five females and 10 males was collected from eight of 29 Korean water deer, Hydropotes inermis argyropus Swinhoe, from Gangwon and Gyeongsangbuk Provinces and Ulsan Metropolitan Area from May through October 2008. An updated checklist of Korean hippoboscids contains nine species in six genera (Hippobosca Linnaeus, Icosta Speiser, Lipoptena, Ornithoctona Speiser, Ornithomya Lattreille, and Ornithophila Rondani). Hosts, collection records, and repositories are also noted.

New Record ofLipoptena fortisetosa(Diptera: Hippoboscidae) Collected From Siberian Roe Deer on Jeju Island, Korea

“…Our survey also indicates that L. fortisetosa is the dominant, prevalent, and abundant deer ked on Jeju Island, whereas L. cervi may occur on the Korean Peninsula (Kim et al 2010). Given the co-existence of native L. cervi and introduced L. fortisetosa in Europe, further Þeld surveys are required throughout the Korean Peninsula and its adjacent islands to document the status, distribution, hosts, and interactions of these two Lipoptena species.…”

“…L. cervi, the only Lipoptena spp. previously recorded in Korea (Kim et al 2010), is larger than L. fortisetosa, ranging in size from 4 to 7 mm (Kowal et al 2009, Kim et al 2010, Aç ici et al 2012. Whereas the length of the head and thorax of L. cervi is around 2 mm (Aç ici et al 2012), that of L. fortisetosa ranges from 1.3 mm (Maa 1967, Mogi 1975, Fukumoto et al 2000 to 1.6 mm (Fujisaki et al 1993).…”

“…The survey, focusing on louse ßies parasitizing wildlife, was essentially discontinued, until three recent reports emerged (Kim et al 2010, Suh et al 2012, and Iwasa and Choi 2013 updating the checklist of louse ßies based on new collections in Korea. Of 30 Lipoptena species known worldwide (Dick 2006), and of 13 hippoboscid species known from Korea (Iwasa and Choi 2013), only one deer ked species, Lipoptena cervi (L., 1758), was recorded from mainland Korea, where it parasitized Korean Water Deer Hydropotes inermis (Swinhoe) (Kim et al 2010, Suh et al 2012, Iwasa and Choi 2013. Kim et al (2010) examined a Siberian roe deer Capreolus pygargus Pallas on KoreaÕs largest island of Jeju, but collected no deer keds.…”

“…Of 30 Lipoptena species known worldwide (Dick 2006), and of 13 hippoboscid species known from Korea (Iwasa and Choi 2013), only one deer ked species, Lipoptena cervi (L., 1758), was recorded from mainland Korea, where it parasitized Korean Water Deer Hydropotes inermis (Swinhoe) (Kim et al 2010, Suh et al 2012, Iwasa and Choi 2013. Kim et al (2010) examined a Siberian roe deer Capreolus pygargus Pallas on KoreaÕs largest island of Jeju, but collected no deer keds. However, Yamauchi et al (2009) reported that a specimen collected on 27 July 1990 from Halla Mountain, Jeju, was reidentiÞed as Lipoptena fortisetosa Maa, a species not currently included in the checklist of louse ßies in Korea.…”

Louse Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Ornithomyinae) of the Republic of Korea: An Updated Checklist, Including Two New Records of Bird Louse Flies

“…Except for limited surveys of louse ßies from 1922 to 1970, which recognized eight species of louse ßies from birds and mammals in the ROK, no other surveys of ectoparasites of wild birds and mammals have been conducted (Okamoto 1924;Bequaert 1941;Maa 1967Maa , 1969aSeok 1970;Kwon et al 1994;Kim et al 2010). This is the Þrst record of the genus Ornithoica Rondani, including two species, O. momiyamai Kishida and O. unicolor Speiser, collected from migratory birds in the ROK on Hong-do (do ϭ Island) and Heuksan-do (Jeollanam Province), Pyeongchang-gun (Gangwon Province), and Gwangju (Gyeonggi Province).…”