Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus, 1758)

Patitucci, Luciano Damián, Mulieri, Pablo Ricardo, Olea, Maria Sofia & Mariluis, Juan Carlos, 2013, Muscidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Argentina: revision of Buenos Aires province fauna, with a pictorial key to species, Zootaxa 3702 (4), pp. 301-347 : 316

Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Material examined. ARGENTINA : MENDOZA: 1 female, Mansilla, Salares Grandes, 1997, Roig & Debandi leg. (IADIZA). TUCUMÁN: 3 females, Leales, 7-XII-1994, Vera leg. ( IFML).

Distribution in Argentina ( Fig. 36 ): Buenos Aires; Córdoba; Corrientes; Entre Ríos; La Pampa; Mendoza (new record); Misiones; Santa Fe; Tucumán (new record).

References for Argentina . Anziani et al. (1993); Busetti et al. (1996); Fader et al. (2003); Luzuriaga et al. (1991); Perotti & Brasesco (1998); Sheppard & Torres (1998); Suarez et al. (1995).

Remarks. A brief redescription was provided by Hennig (1964). The immature stages were studied by Skidmore (1985).

Biology. The horn fly, H. irritans , is a blood sucking species associated with cattle, and is considered a major agricultural pest. Haematobia irritans is also a vector of Stephanofilaria stilesi , a skin parasite of cattle ( Lehane 2005). The females of this species lay their eggs in the faeces of cattle ( Tarelli 2004). This introduced species was recorded for the first time in Argentina in Misiones ( Luzuriaga et al. 1991), and later in the central part of the country ( Torres et al. 1992).

Figures

FIGURES 33 – 37. Geographic distribution in Argentina. 33. Morellia (Trichomorellia) trichops. 34. Musca domestica. 35. Polietina orbitalis. 36. Haematobia irritans. 37. Stomoxys calcitrans. Black dots: new records; gray squares: previous distribution; gray stars: province record (inexact data). Buenos Aires province is denoted in blue.