nigra (Perty)

Hippobosca nigra Perty, 1833: 190 .

Lynchia nigra: Bequaert 1933: 134; Bequaert 1955: 320 [records]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 173 [records]; Guimar„es 1968: 6 [catalogue].

Ornithomyia intertropica Walker, 1849: 1144 . Johnson 1924: 91 [record].

Ornithoponus americanus of authors (misidentification): Johnson 1924: 91 [records]; Curran 1932: 366 [records].

Distribution. Native. Nearctic, Neotropical; Galápagos: Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santiago.

Remarks. This species is a parasite of diurnal birds of prey (Bequaert 1933) and has been collected off Buteo galapagoensis (Gould) in the Galápagos (Bequaert 1933; Whiteman et al. 2006, 2007).