Co-extinct and critically co-endangered species of parasitic lice, and conservation-induced extinction: should lice be reintroduced to their hosts? [PDF]
The co - extinction of parasitic taxa and their host species isconsideredacommon phenomenon inthecurrent global extinction crisis. However, information about the conservation status of parasitic taxa is scarce.
Rózsa, Lajos, Vas, Zoltán
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EENY-422, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Kevyn J. Juneau and Phillip E. Kaufman, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes the smallest of the five sucking lice that feed on cattle, its distribution, description, biology, hosts ...
Kevyn J. Juneau, Phillip E. Kaufman
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White piedra is a superficial mycosis caused by the genus Trichosporon. It is characterized by nodules on the hair shaft. Pediculosis capitis is caused by Pediculus humanus var. capitis of the suborder Anoplura.
Silvio Alencar Marques +2 more
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Description de Prolinognathus marouaensis n. sp. du groupe foleyi, parasite de l'Hyracoïde Procavia capensis et redescription de P. faini Benoit, 1961 (Anoplura, Linognathidae) [PDF]
Une nouvelle espèce de #Prolignathus$, parasitant des Hyracoïdes du genre #Procavia$, est décrite du Cameroun. Son appartenance au groupe #foleyi$ a conduit à effectuer une redescription d'un autre membre du groupe : #P. faini$ Benoit, 1961.
Pajot, François-Xavier
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The taxonomy of Brazilian insects vectors of transmissible diseases (1900-2000) - then and now
A brief historical overview is given of the most relevant taxonomic studies of insect groups vectors of transmissible diseases in Brazil, from the "heroic" times of the foundation of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz in Rio de Janeiro up to the present.
Nelson Papavero +1 more
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The wild pig louse Haematopinus apri is one of the commonest ectoparasites of wild pigs. In the present study, the entire mitochondrial (mt) genome of wild pig louse H.
Yu Nie +5 more
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Factors associated with diversity, quantity and zoonotic potential of ectoparasites on urban mice and voles [PDF]
Wild rodents are important hosts for tick larvae but co-infestations with other mites and insects are largely neglected. Small rodents were trapped at four study sites in Berlin, Germany, to quantify their ectoparasite diversity.
A Dizij +138 more
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Data incongruence and the problem of avian louse phylogeny [PDF]
Recent studies based on different types of data (i.e. morphological and molecular) have supported conflicting phylogenies for the genera of avian feather lice (Ischnocera: Phthiraptera).
Archie J. W. +52 more
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Notes sur les Anoploures de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, du Tchad et du Cameroun (Insecta, Anoplura) [PDF]
L'examen de 648 exemplaires d'Anoploures provenant des pays suivants : Mauritanie, Sénégal, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Cameroun et Tchad, nous a permis de recenser 21 espèces dont 9 nouvelles pour le Sénégal, 4 pour la Côte d'Ivoire, 2 pour le Burkina ...
Pajot, François-Xavier
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Ectoparasites of Isle Royale, Michigan [PDF]
Isle Royale National Park is a rocky archipelago of approximately 200 islands and islets in northwestern Lake Superior. Politically it belongs to the State of Michigan situated 50 miles to the southeast.
Johnson, Wendel J., Wilson, Nixon
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