Chewing lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera) parasitizing birds in Botucatu, SP, Brazil
, 2012 Three hundred and ten birds were examined for chewing lice. Eleven individuals belonging to eleven species of exotic (1), and wildlife Brazilian birds (10) were positive for these ectoparasites.
Andreatti Filho, Raphael Lucio +4 more
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Two new species of chewing lice in the genus Melinirmus (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae) from Australian honeyeaters (Passeriformes, Meliphagidae) [PDF]
Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”Two new species of the genus Melinirmus Mey, 2017, are described from Australian honeyeaters (Meliphagidae). These are: Melinirmus coromandelica n. sp. ex Ptilotula penicillatus penicillatus (Gould, 1837) and Melinirmus palmai n. sp.
Daniel R. Gustafsson, Sarah E. Bush
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Trophic structure in a seabird host-parasite food web: insights from stable isotope analyses
, 2010 Ecological studies on food webs rarely include parasites, partly due to the complexity and dimensionality of host-parasite interaction networks. Multiple co-occurring parasites can show different feeding strategies and thus lead to complex and cryptic ...
Gómez-Díaz Elena +3 more
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A new host record of Ciconiphilus decimfasciatus (Boisduval & Lacordaire, 1835) (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) in Iran with a taxonomic note and a checklist of the lice of Guilan Province [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and SystematicsThere is little information about the lice infesting birds and mammals in Guilan Province of northern Iran besides their importance in medicine and veterinary medicine.
Shahyad Azari-Hamidian +2 more
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The ectoparasites of hybrid ducks in New Zealand (Mallard x Grey Duck)
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2018 We studied the population genetics of one population sample of hybrid Mallard x Grey Ducks and their lice in New Zealand. We aimed to document the relationship between ectoparasite load and host phenotype, and test for an association between the mtDNA ...
Mariana Bulgarella +3 more
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Speciation Patterns in Chewing Lice from Catharus Thrushes
, 2008 Cospeciation is an interwoven process that impacts many organisms. It is important to study because no organism lives in a vacuum by itself. All organisms interact with other organisms on a daily basis.
Bueter, Chelsea
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Chewing Lice (Mallophaga) Parasitic on Pycnonotus leucotis in Al- Diwaniya city
Ibn Al-Haitham Journal for Pure and Applied Sciences, 2016 This study done was carried out identify the species of parasitical lice on. White cheeked bulbul(Pycnonotus leucotis).For this purpose 24 birds were collected from AlDiwaniya city and examined externally for the lice.The results showed that P ...
H. M. Hamza, I. A. Marhoon, H. J. Nema
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Insect ectoparasites from wild passerine birds in the Czech Republic
Parasite, 2008 Wild passerine birds (Passeriformes) from northeastern part of the Czech Republic were examined for ectoparasites. Three species of louse-flies of the genus Ornithomya (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), two species of fleas of the genera Ceratophyllus and ...
Sychra O. +3 more
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, 2014 Figure 4. Influence of body length variation of Turdus amaurochalinus (n = 36) and Turdus rufiventris (n = 53) on the abundance of chewing lice in three areas of Atlantic Forest, in southern Brazil, between July 2009 and June 2010.Published as part of ...
Bergmann, Fabiane Borba +3 more
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, 2012 The association of chewing lice and feather mites with wild birds of riparian forest was investigated in the Cerrado biome, Tocantins State, Brazil. The birds were captured with mist nets between July 2008 and March 2009. Ectoparasites were collected
Diniz, Francisco Carvalho +7 more
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