Lipoptena fortisetosa
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Lipoptena fortisetosa (ruler at bottom in mm) (click on image to enlarge it)
Authors: Seung-Hun Lee et al.
Source: PLoS ONE (2016) 11(5): e0156727
Authors: Seung-Hun Lee et al.
Source: PLoS ONE (2016) 11(5): e0156727
Lipoptena fortisetosa Maa, 1965
This species of louse flies is found in eastern Asia and in Europe. It is similar to the common deer ked (Lipoptena cervi), but smaller and with minor morphological differences. It is a common parasite of sika deer and might have reached Europe with that deer. Other deer species can be also parasitized and there are even some records from humans, domestic animals and birds (Maslanko et al., 2020).
The fly is around 3 mm long (compared to 5-6 mm for L. cervi), very flat and brown. After flying to a host it sheds its wings and start sucking blood. Females give birth to fully grown, mature larvae which pupate immediately and drop to the ground. Adult flies emerge in spring and summer.
