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First record of Pharyngomyia picta (Diptera: Oestridae) parasitizing Cervus elaphus in Sierra Nevada National Park

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Abstract

The necropsy made to two adult individuals of red deer shot in Sierra Nevada National Park revealed infestation by second- and third-instar larvae of the oestrid Pharyngomyia picta (Meigen 1824). The animals were shot in Dehesa de las Hoyas, about 2000 m above sea level. This is the first record of this parasite in Sierra Nevada National Park. Furthermore, the occurrence of adult P. picta at this altitude could indicate significant changes of the climatic conditions, now matching better the environmental requirements of this bot fly. Its monitoring may, therefore, be of great help for detecting global change signs.

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Acknowledgements

We wish to thank the Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía and particularly the staff of Sierra Nevada Natural Space (SNNS) for their logistic support. Special thanks are also due to the park wardens and fieldworkers in the SNNS and, in particular, to Guillermo Rodríguez, José López, Isidro Puga, and Antonio Rodríguez for their professional and personal involvement in the study. The authors’ research activities were partially funded by the PAIDI, Junta de Andalucía (RNM-118 group).

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This research was supported by Junta de Andalucía “Plan de gestión de ungulados silvestres en el Parque Nacional de Sierra Nevada” (File: 2017/00189-M).

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  1. Centro Administrativo Parque Nacional y Parque Natural Sierra Nevada , Carretera Antigua Sierra Nevada Km7Pinos Genil, 18071, Granada, Spain

    José Enrique Granados & Blanca Ramos

  2. Wildlife Ecology & Health Group (WE&H), Bellaterra, Spain

    José Enrique Granados & Jesús M. Pérez

  3. Murcia, Spain

    Débora Forte-Gil

  4. Departamento de Actuaciones Forestales, Delegación Territorial de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Desarrollo Sostenible en Granada , Av Joaquina Eguaras 2, 18071, Granada, Spain

    Francisco Javier Cano-Manuel

  5. Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Av Américo Vespucio s/n, 41092, Sevilla, Spain

    Ramón C. Soriguer

  6. CIBERESP. ISCIII, Madrid, Spain

    Ramón C. Soriguer

  7. Madrid, Spain

    Paulino Fandos

  8. Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Jaén , Campus las Lagunillas, 23071, Jaén, Spain

    Jesús M. Pérez

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The study complied with Spanish laws regarding animal experimentation and welfare, as well as with the legislation that regulates the hunting in Andalusia (The Decree 126/2017) and the Decree 238/2011, of 12 July, on the management and planning of the Sierra Nevada.

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Granados, J.E., Forte-Gil, D., Ramos, B. et al. First record of Pharyngomyia picta (Diptera: Oestridae) parasitizing Cervus elaphus in Sierra Nevada National Park. Parasitol Res 120, 3895–3898 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07315-4

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