Prilog poznavanju faune ušara Hrvatske (Diptera: Hippoboscidae)

Faunistic research into louse flies (Hippoboscidae) in Croatia during the last two decades has increased the total number of louse flies known from this country to 11 species, of which Ornithoica turdi, Ornithophila metallica, Ornithomya avicularia, Ornithomya biloba, Ornithomya chloropus, Ornithomya fringillina, Crataerina melbae, Stenepteryx hirundinis and Icosta minor are new to Croatia.Faunistička istraživanja ušara (Hippoboscidae) tijekom posljednjih dvadeset godina u Hrvatskoj rezultirala su utvrđivanjem 11 vrsta, od kojih su drozdova ušara (Ornithoica turdi), sjajna ušara (Ornithophila metallica), velika ptičja ušara (Ornithomya avicularia), lastavičja ušara (Ornithomya biloba), tamna ptičja ušara (Ornithomya chloropus), mala ptičja ušara (Ornithomya fringillina), velika čiopina ušara (Crataerina melbae), piljkova ušara (Stenepteryx hirundinis) i mala čapljina ušara (Icosta minor) nove u fauni Hrvatske. Ukupni broj vrsta iz porodice ušara u Hrvatskoj fauni povećan je na 11 vrsta

Pandora's flying box - Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato prevalence in Ixodes species from birds throughout Europe

Birds are important hosts for ticks and may act as reservoirs for several zoonotic pathogens. Because of their high mobility, especially of the long distance migratory species, they can act as dispersers for ticks and pathogens, ultimately affecting their distribution and phylogeography.N/