Host taxa for DIPTERA
Plant Hosts
- Acacia baileyana F.Muell. [Mimosaceae] Cootamundra Wattle (ex flower gall)
Dasineura pilifera Kolesik, 2005 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Acacia deanei (R.T.Baker) M.B.Welch et al. [Mimosaceae]
Dasineura glomerata Kolesik, 2005 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Acacia decurrens Willd. [Mimosaceae]
Dasineura pilifera Kolesik, 2005 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Acacia irrorata Sieber ex Spreng. [Mimosaceae]
Dasineura fistulosa Kolesik, 2005 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Acacia mearnsi De Wild [Mimosaceae] (ex flower gall)
Dasineura fistulosa Kolesik, 2005 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Acacia mearnsii De Wild. [Mimosaceae] (ex flower gall)
Dasineura glomerata Kolesik, 2005 [CECIDOMYIIDAE]
Dasineura rubiformis Kolesik, 2005 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Acacia melanoxylon R. Br. [Mimosaceae] Blackwood
Dasineura furcata Kolesik, 2005 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Acacia oldfieldii F. Muell. [Mimosaceae] (ex flower gall)
Dasineura oldfieldii Kolesik, 2005 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Acacia oshanesii F. Muell. and Maiden [Mimosaceae] (ex flower gall)
Dasineura oshanesii Kolesik, 2005 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Acacia pendula A. Cunn. ex G. Don [Mimosaceae] (ex flower gall)
Dasineura glauca Kolesik, 2005 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Acacia pycnantha Benth. [Mimosaceae] Golden Wattle (ex flower gall)
Dasineura glomerata Kolesik, 2005 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Acacia saligna (Labill.) H.L. Wendl. [Mimosaceae] (ex flower gall)
Dasineura sulcata Kolesik, 2005 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Allocasuarina verticillata (Lam.) L. Johnson
Culiseta (Neotheobaldia) hilli (Edwards, 1926) [CULICIDAE]
Skusemyia allocasuarinae Kolesik, 1995 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Anthocercis littorea Labill. [Solanaceae]
Asphondylia anthocercidis Kolesik in Kolesik, Whitmore & Stace, 1997 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Atriplex vesicaria Heward ex Benth [Chenopodiaceae] (Reared from flower gall on A. vesicaria Heward ex Benth.)
Asphondylia vesicaria Kolesik & Veenstra-Quah, 2008 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. [Avicenniaceae] Grey Mangrove (ex leaf gall)
Actilasioptera coronata Gagné, 1999
Actilasioptera pustulata Gagné, 1999
Actilasioptera subfolium Gagné, 1999
Actilasioptera tuberculata Gagné, 1999
Actilasioptera tumidifolium Gagné, 1999 - Baccharis halimifolia Linnaeus [Asteraceae] Groundsel
Rhopalomyia californica Felt, 1908 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Banksia coccinea R.Br. [PROTEACEAE]
Dasineura banksiae Kolesik, 2007 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T.Blake [Poaceae]
Contarinia bothriochloae Harris, 1979 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Bursaria spinosa Cav. [Pittosporaceae] Sweet Bursaria
Contarinia bursariae Kolesik, 1995 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Callitris endlicheri (Parl.) F.M. Bailey [Cupressaceae] Desert Pine
Gladiodiplosis frenelae (Skuse, 1890) - Callitris gracilis R.T. Baker [Cupressaceae] (rosette-like male flower galls)
Callitridiplosis jana Kolesik, 2000
Dasineura callitridis Kolesik, 2000 [CECIDOMYIIDAE]
Mesodiplosis callitridis Kolesik, 2000 - Corymbia abbreviata [Myrtaceae]
Fergusonina thomasi Taylor, 2008 [FERGUSONINIDAE] - Corymbia ptychocarpa [Myrtaceae]
Fergusonina giblindavisi Taylor, 2008 [FERGUSONINIDAE] - Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. [Sapindaceae] Hop-bush
Asphondylia dodonaeae Kolesik, 1995 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Enchylaena tomentosa R.Br. (Reared from flower gall on E. tomentosa R.Br.)
Asphondylia tonsura Kolesik & Veenstra-Quah, 2008 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Enchylaena tomentosa R. Br. [Chenopodiaceae] (ex flower gall of Asphondylia tonsura)
Dactylasioptera adentata Kolesik & Veenstra-Quah, 2008 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Eragrostis brownii (Nees) Kunth [Poaceae]
Contarinia brevipalpis Harris, 1979 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Eucalyptus fasciculosa F. Muell.
Culiseta (Neotheobaldia) frenchii frenchii (Theobald, 1901) [CULICIDAE]
Eocincticornia malarskii Kolesik, 1995 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Fimbristylis bisumbellata Bubani [Cyperaceae]
Contarinia fimbristylidis Harris, 1979 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Fimbristylis dichotoma R.Br [Cyperaceae]
Contarinia fimbristylidis Harris, 1979 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Goodenia lunata J. Black [Goodeniaceae]
Rhopalomyia goodeniae Kolesik, 1996 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Halosarcia indica (Benth.) Wilson [Chenopodiaceae]
Asphondylia ericiformis Kolesik, 1997 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Halosarcia pergranulata (Black) Wilson [Chenopodiaceae]
Asphondylia inflata Kolesik, 1997 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Leptospermum laevigatum Sol.ex Gaertn. [Myrtaceae] (ex cone-shaped bud gall)
Dasineura strobila Dorchin, 2011 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Leptospermum laevigatum Sol. ex Gaertn. [Myrtaceae] (ex hairy bud gall)
Dasineura tomentosa Dorchin, 2011 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Mangifera indica Linnaeus [Anacardiaceae] Mango
Procontarinia pustulata Kolesik, 2009 - Melaleuca halmaturorum F. Muell. ex Miq. [Myrtaceae] (ex flower gall)
Austrolopesia melaleucae Kolesik, 1999 - Melaleuca nervosa (Lindley) Cheel. [Myrtaceae]
Lophodiplosis cornuata Gagné, 1997 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Melaleuca quinquinerva (Cav.) S.T.Blake [Myrtaceae]
Lophodiplosis bidentata Gagné, 1997 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Melaleuca viridiflora Gaertner [Myrtaceae]
Lophodiplosis cornuata Gagné, 1997 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Olearia axillaris (DC.) F. Muell. [Asteraceae]
Trigonomyia cristata Kolesik, 1996 [CECIDOMYIIDAE]
Trigonomyia tulipa Kolesik, 1996 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Olearia ramulosa (Labill.) Benth. [Asteraceae]
Trigonomyia ananas Kolesik, 1996 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Sarcocornia quinquiflora (Bunge Ex Ung.-Stern.) AJ Scott [CHENOPODIACEAE]
Asphondylia floriformis Veenstra-Quah & Kolesik, 2007 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Sclerolaena dicantha (Nees) Benth. [Chenopodiaceae] (ex flower gall of Asphondylia mcneilli)
Dactylasioptera dentata Kolesik & Veenstra-Quah, 2008 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Sclerolaena diacantha (Nees) Benth. [Chenopodiaceae]
Asphondylia mcneilli Kolesik & Veenstra-Quah, 2008 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Senna artemisioides (DC.)Randell [CAESALPINACEAE]
Contarinia sennicola Kolesik, 2000 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Solanum chenopodioides Lam. [SOLANACEAE]
Asphondylia obscura Kolesik, 2000 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Solanum linearifolium Geras. ex Symon [SOLANACEAE]
Asphondylia paucidentata Kolesik, 2000 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Solanum physalifolium Rudby var. nitidibaccatum [SOLANACEAE]
Asphondylia obscura Kolesik, 2000 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Solanum sturtianum F.Muell. [SOLANACEAE]
Asphondylia sturtiana Kolesik, 2000 [CECIDOMYIIDAE] - Wahlenbergia stricta (R. Br.) Sweet [Campanulaceae] (ex shoot tip gall)
Dasineura wahlenbergiae Kolesik, 1998 [CECIDOMYIIDAE]
Animal Hosts
- "dog" "dog" (on dog's coat)
Ortholfersia phaneroneura Speiser, 1902 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - "kangaroo" "kangaroo"
Ortholfersia minuta Paramonov, 1954 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Acrobates pygmaeus (Shaw, 1794) [ACROBATIDAE] Feathertail Glider
Ornithomya fuscipennis Bigot, 1885 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Aepyprymnus [POTOROIDAE] Rat-kangaroo
Austrolfersia ferrisi Bequaert, 1953 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Alectura [MEGAPODIIDAE]
Icosta (Ornithoponus) australica (Paramonov, 1954) [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Apis mellifera [Apidae] Domestic Bee
Braula coeca Nitzsch, 1818 [BRAULIDAE] - Ardea [ARDEIDAE] Egrets (as Casmerodius)
Ornithoica (Ornithoica) beccariina Rondani, 1878 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Ardea sumatrana Raffles, 1822 [ARDEIDAE] Great-billed Heron (a species not now recorded from Australia)
Icosta (Ardmoeca) ardeae (Macquart, 1835) [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Ardeidae [Ardeidae] (recorded from 96 different genera of birds; see Maa (1969) for full list of hosts)
Ornithoica (Ornithoica) exilis (Walker, 1861) [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Bos (Bos) taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] European Cattle
Hippobosca equina Linnaeus, 1758 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Cacatua (Cacatua) galerita (Latham, 1790) [CACATUIDAE] Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Icosta (Ornithoponus) parallelifrons (Speiser, 1902) [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Canis lupus familiaris Linaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Common Dog, Domestic Dog
Hippobosca equina Linnaeus, 1758 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Chalinolobus gouldi (J.E. Gray, 1841) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Gould's Wattled Bat
Basilia barbarae Maa, 1971 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Chalinolobus gouldii (J.E. Gray, 1841) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Gould's Wattled Bat
Basilia troughtoni (Musgrave, 1927) [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Chalinolobus morio (J.E. Gray, 1841) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Chocolate Wattled Bat
Basilia burrelli (Musgrave, 1927) [NYCTERIBIIDAE]
Basilia halei (Musgrave, 1927) [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Chalinolobus sp. [VESPERTILIONIDAE]
Basilia falcozi (Musgrave, 1925) [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Dacelo (Dacelo) novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) [ALCEDINIDAE] Laughing Kookaburra (as Dacelo gigas)
Icosta (Icosta) chalcolampra (Speiser, 1904) [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Dobsonia sp. [PTEROPODIDAE]
Archinycteribia actena Speiser, 1900 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789) [ARDEIDAE] Eastern Reef Egret (as Demigretta sacra)
Icosta (Ardmoeca) ardeae (Macquart, 1835) [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Eolophus (Eolophus) roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) [CACATUIDAE] Galah (as Cacatua roseicapilla)
Icosta (Ornithoponus) paramonovi Maa, 1969 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Equus (Equus) caballus Linnaeus, 1758 [EQUIDAE] Horse, Brumby
Hippobosca equina Linnaeus, 1758 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Falsistrellus tasmaniensis (Gould, 1858) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Eastern False Pipistrelle
Basilia multispinosa (Musgrave, 1927) [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Fergusobia ptychocarpae Davies, 2008 [Neotylenchidae] (parasitic in fly larvae)
Fergusonina giblindavisi Taylor, 2008 [FERGUSONINIDAE] - Hipposideros cervinus (Gould, 1854) [HIPPOSIDERIDAE] Fawn Leafnosed-bat
Phthiridium torresi (Theodor, 1967) [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Hipposideros diadema (Geoffroy, 1813) [Rhinolophidae] Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat
Ascodipteron archboldi Maa, 1971 [STREBLIDAE] - Hipposideros sp. [HIPPOSIDERIDAE]
Brachytarsina verecunda Maa, 1971 [STREBLIDAE]
Phthiridium torresi (Theodor, 1967) [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Hirundo neoxena Gould, 1843 [HIRUNDINIDAE] Welcome Swallow
Ornithomya greeni Maa, 1986 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Ixobrychus [ARDEIDAE] Bitterns (as Ardetta)
Ornithoica (Ornithoica) beccariina Rondani, 1878 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Macropus parryi Bennett, 1835 [MACROPODIDAE] Whiptail Wallaby (as Protemnodon elegans Lambert)
Ortholfersia macleayi (Leach, 1817) [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Macropus dorsalis (Gray, 1837) [MACROPODIDAE] Black-striped Wallaby ([Protemnodon dorsalis])
Ortholfersia bequaerti Maa, 1962 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE]
Ortholfersia macleayi (Leach, 1817) [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Macropus eugenii (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Tammar Wallaby (= thetidis Lesson [Thyogale eugenii])
Ortholfersia bequaerti Maa, 1962 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 [MACROPODIDAE] Eastern Grey Kangaroo (as Macropus major)
Ortholfersia macleayi (Leach, 1817) [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Macropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Wallaby
Ortholfersia phaneroneura Speiser, 1902 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Macropus sp. [MACROPODIDAE] kangaroos and wallabies
Ortholfersia macleayi (Leach, 1817) [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Miniopteris australis (Tomes, 1858) [MINIOPTERIDAE] Little Bentwing-bat
Brachytarsina amboinensis uniformis Maa, 1971 [STREBLIDAE] - Miniopterus australis (Tomes, 1858) [MINIOPTERIDAE] Little Bentwing-bat
Ascodipteron australiansi Muir, 1912 [STREBLIDAE]
Nycteribia bakeri Scott, 1932 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817) [MINIOPTERIDAE] Bent-wing Bat (also as Miniopteris schreibersi blepotis)
Ascodipteron australiansi Muir, 1912 [STREBLIDAE]
Brachytarsina amboinensis uniformis Maa, 1971 [STREBLIDAE]
Nycteribia allotopa meridiana Maa, 1971 [NYCTERIBIIDAE]
Nycteribia alternata Maa, 1962 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Miniopterus sp. [VESPERTILIONIDAE]
Basilia multispinosa (Musgrave, 1927) [NYCTERIBIIDAE]
Nycteribia parilis vicaria Maa, 1971 [NYCTERIBIIDAE]
Penicillidia (Eremoctenia) vandeuseni (Maa, 1962) [NYCTERIBIIDAE]
Penicillidia (Penicillidia) oceanica (Bigot, 1885) [NYCTERIBIIDAE]
Penicillidia (Penicillidia) setosala Maa, 1971 [NYCTERIBIIDAE]
Penicillidia (Penicillidia) tectisentis Maa, 1971 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Myotis macropus (Gould, 1855) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Large-footed Myotis, Southern Myotis
Basilia hamsmithi Maa, 1971 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Ninox connivens (Latham, 1801) [STRIGIDAE] Barking Owl
Ornithomya fuscipennis Bigot, 1885 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Ninox novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1788) [STRIGIDAE] Southern Boobook Owl
Ornithomya fuscipennis Bigot, 1885 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Nyctophilus SP. [VESPERTILIONIDAE]
Basilia halei (Musgrave, 1927) [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Nyctophilus sp. [VESPERTILIONIDAE]
Basilia brevicauda (Musgrave, 1925) [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Domestic Sheep
Melophagus ovinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Podargus strigoides (Latham, 1801) [PODARGIDAE] Tawny Fogmouth
Ornithomya fuscipennis Bigot, 1885 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Pteropus alecto gouldi Peters, 1867 [PTEROPODIDAE] Black Flying-fox (as Pteropus gouldi)
Cyclopodia australis Theodor, 1959 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Pteropus conspicillatus Gould, 1850 [PTEROPODIDAE] Spectacled Flying-fox
Cyclopodia australis Theodor, 1959 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck, 1825 [PTEROPODIDAE] Grey-headed Flying-fox
Cyclopodia australis Theodor, 1959 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Pteropus scapulatus Peters, 1862 [PTEROPODIDAE] Little Red Flying-fox
Cyclopodia australis Theodor, 1959 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Rhinolophus megaphyllus J.E. Gray, 1834 [RHINOLOPHIDAE] Eastern Horseshoe-bat
Brachytarsina amboinensis uniformis Maa, 1971 [STREBLIDAE]
Brachytarsina verecunda Maa, 1971 [STREBLIDAE]
Phthiridium curvatum (Theodor, 1967) [NYCTERIBIIDAE]
Raymondia pagodarum Speiser, 1899 [STREBLIDAE] - Rhinolophus sp. [RHINOLOPHIDAE]
Phthiridium curvatum (Theodor, 1967) [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Scoteanax rueppellii (Peters, 1866) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Greater Broad-nosed Bat
Basilia aitkeni Maa, 1971 [NYCTERIBIIDAE]
Basilia longispinosa (Musgrave, 1927) [NYCTERIBIIDAE]
Basilia multispinosa (Musgrave, 1927) [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Scotorepens balstoni (Thomas, 1906) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Inland Broad-nosed Bat
Basilia aitkeni Maa, 1971 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Scotorepens greyii (J.E. Gray, 1843) [VESPERTILIONIIDAE] Little Broad-nosed Bat
Basilia aitkeni Maa, 1971 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Scotorepens orion (Troughton, 1937) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Eastern Broad-nosed Bat, South-eastern Broad-nosed Bat
Basilia aitkeni Maa, 1971 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Syconycteris australis (Peters, 1867) [PTEROPODIDAE] Common Blossom-bat, Eastern Blossom Bat
Cyclopodia sycophanta euronoti Maa, 1971 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Taphozous australis Gould, 1854 [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Coastal Sheathtail-bat, North-eastern Sheathtail-bat
Nycteribia allotopa meridiana Maa, 1971 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Taphozous georgianus Thomas, 1915 [EMBALLONURIDAE] Common Sheathtail-bat
Basilia techna Maa, 1971 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Thylogale [MACROPODIDAE] Pademelon
Austrolfersia ferrisi Bequaert, 1953 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Thylogale thetis (Lesson, 1827) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Pademelon
Ortholfersia macleayi (Leach, 1817) [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - Vespadelus pumilus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Eastern Forest Bat
Basilia transversa Maa, 1971 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Vespadelus pumilus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Eastern Forest Bat
Basilia barbarae Maa, 1971 [NYCTERIBIIDAE]
Basilia halei (Musgrave, 1927) [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Vespadelus pumilus J.E. Gray, 1841 [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Eastern Forest Bat
Basilia musgravei Theodor, 1967 [NYCTERIBIIDAE] - Vespadelus pumilus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Eastern Forest Bat
Brachytarsina amboinensis uniformis Maa, 1971 [STREBLIDAE] - Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] Swamp Wallaby (as Macropus uslabatus)
Ortholfersia phaneroneura Speiser, 1902 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE] - marine birds marine birds
Olfersia aenescens Thomson, 1869 [HIPPOBOSCIDAE]
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