Skip to main content

Table 1 Haemosporidian lineages found in black flies from nest boxes of European rollers in southeastern Spain

From: Atypical behavior of a black fly species connects cavity-nesting birds with generalist blood parasites in an arid area of Spain

Lineage found in Simulium rubzovianum

Black flies infected by lineage (n = 434)

Typical hostsa and % similarity with closest lineage

AEMO02

9

Aegypius monachus, Columba livia, Columba palumbus, Streptopelia turtur

ATNO1

2

Athene noctua

COCOR12

4

Corvus corone, Columba livia

COLIV04

13

Columba palumbus, Streptopelia turtur

COLPAL04

2

Columba palumbus

CYACOO01

1

Cyanopica cooki

CYACOO03

1

Cyanopica cooki

EMCIR02

1

Fringilla coelebs, Emberiza cirlus, Sylvia melanocephala

GAGLA06

6

Corvus corax, Garrulus glandarius

HAWF7

1

Coccothraustes coccothraustes, Luscinia cyanura

MILANS04

5

Buteo buteo, Accipiter gentilis, Milvus migrans, Milvus milvus

MTUR2

1

Turdus viscivorus

NEVE01

4

Turdus merula

OTSCO01

1

Otus scops

OTSCO09

1

Otus scops

PAHIS03

1

Passer hispaniolensis

PARUS69

1

Certhia brachydactyla, Cyanistes caeruleus, Fringilla coelebs, Sylvia melanocephala

PARUS90

1

Cyanistes caeruleus, Parus major

STRORI02

1

Streptopelia turtur

STAL1

1

Strix aluco

TUMER01

6

Passer domesticus, Turdus merula

SIMRUB1a

3

Corvidae, 97.5% to PICPIC01 of Corvus corax, Corvus monedula, Parus major, Pica pica

SIMRUB2a

1

Turdidae, 95.4% to TFUS15 of Catharus fuscater

SIMRUB3a

1

Turdidae, 99.8% to TUMER18 of Turdus merula

SIMRUB4a

1

Accipitriformes, 92.6% to BUTJAM04 of Buteo jamaicensis

Total infected black flies

66

Total lineage occurrences

69

  1. All black fly specimens belong to S. rubzovianum. All the parasite lineages belong to the genus Leucocytozoon and are listed with their previously reported avian host species. Three vector individuals were co-infected by two lineages (see details in the main text), which are listed as independent occurrences
  2. aPreviously undescribed lineages (SIMRUB1-4) are indicated with known avian hosts of closest BLAST matches