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Icosta albipennis (Say, 1823)

mosca, fly

Primarily a parasite of wading birds (Ciconiiformes) especially herons (Bequaert 1933).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Hippoboscidae

Genus
Icosta

Species
albipennis

Taxon category: Accepted

In GBIF as Lynchia albipennis (Say, 1823). Syn: intertropicus Johnson (not Walker) 1924: 91 (Ornithoponus).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Cosmopolitan; Fernandina, Genovesa, Santa Cruz, Santiago, North Seymour.

References

  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Icosta albipennis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12430. Accessed 2 November 2026.