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First record of haemosporidian parasites infecting swifts (Aves: Apodidae)
Acta Tropica, 2019Avian malaria is a widespread infection caused by parasites from the Order Haemosporida. Indeed, Neotropical swifts are interesting models for host-parasite coevolution studies due to their unique life history that may allow them to escape parasitism. Considering this, we evaluated haemosporidians from Neotropical swifts.
Daniela, de Angeli Dutra +4 more
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Taxonomic status of Protankyra ramiurna and Protankyra benedeni (Holothuroidea: Apodida: Synaptidae)
Zootaxa, 2017This study presents a review of the species Protankyra ramiurna Heding, 1928 and Protankyra benedeni (Ludwig, 1881) from the Brazilian coast. Some authors consider that these two taxa represent a single variable species. Our comparative analysis of external characters, anatomy and ossicle morphology indicates that they represent distinct species.
JÉSSICA PRATA +3 more
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Nesting association of swifts (Apodidae) and wasps in Brazil
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 2018Associations between social insects, such as wasps and bees, and birds are a common strategy related to nest protection. Several examples exist in the literature of bird–wasp interactions, many in the Neotropics, but some bird families, including swifts (Apodidae), lack information regarding this kind of association.
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Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on swifts (Apodiformes: Apodidae) in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil
Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2014Brazil harbors five species of Cypseloidinae swifts. Those from Streptoprocne and Cypseloides genera have a very distinct ecology. They shelter at night and build nests in moist cliffs by waterfalls. Information about tick infestation of these birds is virtually non-existent and restricted to the description of a new species, Ixodes paranaensis, in ...
Graziela, Tolesano-Pascoli +6 more
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Apodidae - Swifts and Swiftlets
1949Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore, Issue 20, pp.
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New cheyletidae from afrotropical swifts (Apodidae)
International Journal of Acarology, 1979Abstract A new genus Apodicheles, a new subgenus Bakericheyla (Apodicheyla), and three new species are described from afrotropical swifts: Apodicheles cypsiurus sp. n. and Bakericheyla (Apodicheyla) africana sp. n. both from Cypsiurus parvus and Apodicheles apus sp. n. from Apus caffer.
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A new phylogeny of swiftlets (Aves: Apodidae) based on cytochrome-b DNA
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2003Due to a lack of distinctive morphological characters, swift taxonomy and phylogeny has always been an area of disagreement. To shed more light on this subject, we reconstructed swift(let) phylogeny based on 1143 bp of mitochondrial cytochrome-b DNA sequence.
Thomassen, HA +5 more
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