Abstract

CARPINTERO, Diego L.  and  ARAMBURU, Rosana M.. Presence of Caminicimex furnarii (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) in nests of swallows and martins (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) in Argentina. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. [online]. 2007, vol.66, n.1-2, pp.153-156. ISSN 0373-5680.

Nests of four species of Hirundinidae that nest in Argentina were prospected for Cimicidae. Caminicimex furnarii (Cordero & Vogelsang), a parasite of Furnarius rufus (Gmelin) (Furnaridae) («oven bird») and Passer domesticus (L.) (Ploceidae) («house sparrow») was found in nests of three species of Hirundinidae: Progne chalybea (Gmelin) («gray-breasted martin»), Progne elegans Baird («southern martin») and Hirundo rustica erythrogaster Boddaert («barn swallow»). The parasite was not found in nest boxes of Tachycineta leucorrhoa Vieillot («white-rumped swallow»). Caminicimex furnarii is recorded for first time parasitizing swallows and martins. Interaction among these bird populations, associated with usurpation nests behavior, may explain the presence of the same cimicid species at the nests. According this idea, other possible C. furnarii hosts are suggested.

Keywords : Caminicimex furnarii; Hirundo rustica; Progne elegans; Progne chalybea; New hosts; Ectoparasite.

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