Lousy chicks: Chewing lice from the Imperial Shag, Leucocarbo atriceps [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2017 Forty-one imperial shag chicks were sampled for lice during the breeding season of 2014 in Punta León, Argentina. We found 2 lice species, Pectinopygus turbinatus infesting the body and Piagetiella caputincisum present in the oral cavity of the birds ...
María Soledad Leonardi, Flavio Quintana
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Chewing Lice From the Wings of Migrating Shorebirds: Diversity, Host Specificity, and Associations With Host Body Condition [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionEctoparasites may negatively affect their hosts throughout life, especially during breeding and other energetically demanding periods. In birds, feather‐feeding ectoparasites may reduce host condition and performance during seasonal migrations.
Maciej Bartos +7 more
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Chewing Lice (Phthiraptera) on a Wild Golden Eagle (Aquila Chrysaetos) and a Zoo-Kept Eurasian Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) in Tyrol, Austria [PDF]
Parasitology ResearchChewing lice (Phthiraptera) are obligate and permanent ectoparasites commonly found on birds. The life cycle of these insects is completed on the body of the host and therefore many are host specific.
Miguel Peña-Espinoza +2 more
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Chewing Lice (Phthiraptera) Species of Wild Birds in Northwestern Turkey With a New Host Record [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2013 The goal of this study was to identify the chewing lice species of migratory and non-migratory wild birds in the province of Bursa, which is located in northwestern Turkey, between August 2009 and November 2012.
Oya Girisgin +2 more
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Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) found on songbirds (Passeriformes) in Turkey. [PDF]
Turkish Journal of Parasitology, 2011 This study was performed to detect chewing lice species found on the songbirds at Lake Kuyucuk bird ringing station in the Kars province located in eastern Turkey.
Sekercioğlu C. +3 more
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New records of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) parasites of Brazilian Anhimidae, Threskiornithidae, and Aramidae (Aves) [PDF]
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2023 We present records of chewing lice collected from bird skins of the families Anhimidae, Threskiornithidae, and Aramidae deposited at the Museum of Zoology of University of São Paulo (MZUSP).
Kamila M.D. Kuabara +2 more
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Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) associated with vertebrates in Mexico
Zootaxa, 2018 Sánchez-Montes, Sokani, Colunga-Salas, Pablo, Álvarez-Castillo, Lucía, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, Montiel-Parra, Griselda (2018): Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) associated with vertebrates in Mexico.
CARMEN GUZMÁN-CORNEJO +9 more
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An obligate symbiont of Haematomyzus elephantis with a strongly reduced genome resembles symbiotic bacteria in sucking lice [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyThe parvorder Rhynchophthirina with a single genus Haematomyzus is a small group of ectoparasites of unclear phylogenetic position, related to sucking and chewing lice.
Jana Martin Říhová +2 more
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2023 Lice are six-legged, wingless, insect parasites of mammals and birds, and include two main functional groups: blood-sucking lice and chewing lice. However, it is still not clear whether the Chinese red panda Ailurus styani is infested with the parasitic ...
Yue Xie, Guo-Hua Liu, Yuan-Ping Deng
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Chewing lice Trichodectes pinguis pinguis in Scandinavian brown bears (Ursus arctos) [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2016 In April 2014 and 2015, we noted localized alopecia (neck, forelimbs, and chest) and hyperpigmentation on two adult brown bears (Ursus arctos) captured in central-south Sweden for ecological studies under the Scandinavian Brown Bear Research Project.
Núria Fandos Esteruelas +8 more
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