Patterns of host-parasite associations in tropical lice and their passerine hosts in Cameroon. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2020 Coevolutionary processes that drive the patterns of host–parasite associations can be deduced through congruence analysis of their phylogenies. Feather lice and their avian hosts have previously been used as typical model systems for congruence analysis;
Gajdošová M +6 more
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Draft genome assemblies of the avian louse Brueelia nebulosa and its associates using long-read sequencing from an individual specimen. [PDF]
G3 (Bethesda), 2023 Sequencing high molecular weight (HMW) DNA with long-read and linked-read technologies has promoted a major increase in more complete genome sequences for nonmodel organisms.
Sweet AD +4 more
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Prevalence and diversity of parasitic bird lice (Insecta: Psocodea) in northeast Arkansas. [PDF]
Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl, 2023 Many groups of parasites lack basic information on biodiversity and host associations, which poses challenges for conservation and understanding the ecological relationships between hosts and their parasites.
Brewer PJ, Sweet AD.
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Insect ectoparasites from wild passerine birds in the Azores Islands. [PDF]
Parasite, 2020 A total of 266 wild passerine birds (Passeriformes) representing eight species and nine subspecies from three islands of the Archipelago of the Azores were examined for ectoparasites. Two species of louse-flies Ornithomya avicularia and Ornithoica turdi (
Oslejskova L +6 more
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Birds in arid regions have depauperate louse communities: Climate change implications? [PDF]
Ecol EvolEnvironmental factors are known to affect the distribution of free‐living organisms. We surveyed parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) of 500 birds and found that parasite diversity is also influenced by the environment. We found that birds in arid Utah had substantially lower louse diversity (prevalence, abundance, and richness) than birds in humid ...
Bush SE +4 more
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Revisión preliminar de las especies del género Brueelia Kéler, 1936 (Phthiraptera, Philopteridae) parásitas de Icterinae (Aves, Passeriformes, Fringillidae) [PDF]
Graellsia, 1996 Las especies del género Brueelia que parasitan distintos táxones de Icterinae presentan un conjunto de características somáticas que permiten discriminarlas en dos agrupamientos informales de especies, aquí denominados grupo picturata y grupo ornatissima,
A. C. Cicchino, D. C. Castro
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Data supporting a molecular phylogeny of the hyper-diverse genus Brueelia. [PDF]
Data Brief, 2015 Data is presented in support of a phylogenetic reconstruction of one of the largest, and most poorly understood, groups of lice: the Brueelia-complex (Bush et al., 2015 [1]).
Bush SE +8 more
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Chewing lice of wild birds in Iran: new data and a checklist of avian louse species reported in Iran. [PDF]
Front Vet Sci, 2023 Between September 2019 and December 2023, a total of 612 wild birds representing 16 orders, 33 families, 60 genera, and 78 species from nine provinces of Iran with different climates namely Hamedan (n = 54), Sistan-va-Baluchestan (n = 372), Kerman (n ...
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Parasites of the Shiny Cowbird, Molothrus bonariensis, and the Austral Blackbird, Curaeus curaeus, (Passeriformes: Icteridae) in Chile [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2020 Comparative studies of parasites in sympatric bird species have been generally scarce. Parasitic infection/transmission can be spread in a number of ways that suggests possible direct and indirect, horizontal transmission between avian hosts. In order to
Mabel Mena +8 more
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Chewing lice of Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus) and diversity of louse-host associations of birds in reed beds in Slovakia. [PDF]
ParasiteA total of 1,621 wild birds representing 34 species were examined for chewing lice in reed beds in southwestern Slovakia during the pre-breeding migration 2008–2009 and 2016–2019.
Sychra O +7 more
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