Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn: intertropica Walker 1849: 1144 (Ornithomyia); americanus Johnson (not Leach) 1924: 91 (Ornithoponus); in GBIF as Lynchia nigra (Perty, 1833)

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santiago

• Madden, D. Harmon, W.M. (1998) First record and morphology of Myialges caulotoon (Acari: Epidermoptidae) from Galapagos hosts. The Journal of Parasitology 34(1): 186-189.
• Parker, P.G. Whiteman, N.K., & Miller, R.E. (2006) Conservation medicine on the Galápagos Islands: partnerships among behavioral, population, and veterinarian scientists. The Auk 123(3): 625-638.
• Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102
• Sinclair, B.J. Peck, S.B. (2005) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
• Whiteman, N.K. Sánchez, P., Merkel, J., Klompen, H. & Parker, P.G. (2006) Cryptic host specificity of an avian skin mite (Epidermoptidae) vectored by louseflies (Hippoboscidae) associated with two endemic Galápagos bird species. The Journal of Parasitology, 92(6): 1218-1228.
• Whiteman, N.K. Kimball, R.T. & Parker, P.G. (2007) Co-phylogeography and comparative population genetics of the threatened Galápagos hawk and three ectoparasite species: ecology shapes population histories within parasite communities. Molecular Ecology 22: 4759-4773.