Carnus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Carnoidea

Familia: Carnidae
Genus: Carnus
Species: C. floridensis – C. hemapterus – C. mexicana – C. occidentalis – C. orientalis
Name
Carnus Nitzsch, 1818

Carnus hemapterus

Carnus is a genus of flies (Diptera) with 5 described species, all of which are parasites of birds.[3] The adult flies locate a suitable host nest, then shed their wings and feed on the blood of the developing nestlings.[4] Mature female flies lay their eggs in the nest, where their larvae develop on organic detritus.[4]
Species

C. floridensis Grimaldi, 1997[5][3]
C. hemapterus Nitzsch, 1818[1][3][6]
C. mexicana Grimaldi, 1997[5][3]
C. occidentalis Grimaldi, 1997[5][3]
C. orientalis Maa, 1968[7][3]

In 2014, C. orientalis was reported for the first time in Japan, parasitizing nestlings of the Ryūkyū scops owl, Otus elegans, a new host species record.[8]
References

Nitzsch, C.L. (1818). "Die Familien und Gattungen der Thierinsekten (Insecta epizoica) als Prodromus einer Naturgeschichte derselben" (PDF). Mag. Ent. (Germar). 3: 261–316. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
Schiner, I. R. . (1863). "Vorlaufiger Commentar zum dipterologischen Theile der "Fauna Austriaca", mit einer naheren Begrundung der in derselben aufgenommenen neuen Dipteren-Gattungen. V. [concl]". Wien. Ent. Monstschr. 7: 217–226. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
Brake, Irina (2011). "World Catalog of the Family Carnidae (Diptera, Schizophora)" (PDF). MYIA. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
Peter C. Barnard. 2011. The Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects. John Wiley & Sons, 2011, https://books.google.com/books?id=xLntEIQ4b-0C&pg=PT668&lpg=PT668&dq=%22carnus%22+detritus&source=bl&ots=NeDttT4_XF&sig=fuGeCnCf-91z0XdD9rvHotkjVA4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=17wVU-GCE4u00AHXz4C4CQ&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22carnus%22%20detritus&f=false.
Grimaldi, D.A. (1997). "The bird flies, genus Carnus: Species revision, generic relationships, and a fossil Meoneura in amber (Diptera: Carnidae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 3190: 1–30. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
Maa, T.C. (1968). "A new Carnus from Malaya (Diptera: Milichiidae)" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 10: 33–36. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
Mitsuhiro Iwasa, Hironori Sakamoto, & Kento Asahi. 2014. Discovery of a Bird-Parasitic Fly, Carnus orientalis (Diptera: Carnidae), in Japan, With Bionomic Remarks and a Key to Carnus Species. Journal of Medical Entomology, 51(2): 484-488, abstract at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/esa/jme/2014/00000051/00000002/art00023.