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Norwegian rock ptarmigan ectoparasites: chewing lice (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera) and feather mites (Astigmata, Psoroptidia) [PDF]
, 2021 Feather mites (Astigmata, Psoroptidia), quill mites (Prostigmata, Syringophilidae) and chewing lice (Phthiraptera) are prominent parts of avian ectoparasites communities. Much attention has been directed to chewing lice but much less to mite infestations.
Bergan, Frode +2 more
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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations
Insect Science, EarlyView.This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean +6 more
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Vertical transmission in feather mites: insights into its adaptive value [PDF]
, 2017 1. The consequences of symbiont transmission strategies are better understood than their adaptive causes. 2. Feather mites are permanent ectosymbionts of birds assumed to be transmitted mainly vertically from parents to offspring.
Blanco, Guillermo +13 more
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AcarologiaThe paper describes two new species of feather mites collected from some flycatchers (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae) in Meghalaya, India: Trouessartia thalassina sp. n.
I. Constantinescu +7 more
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Clinical &Experimental Ophthalmology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Several benign, inflammatory and malignant lesions can present as iris or anterior chamber masses, including iris naevi, cysts, adenomas, leiomyomas, nodules, vascular tumours, melanomas, metastases, as well as iris and pigment epithelium adenocarcinomas. Fortunately, benign iris lesions are much more common than malignant tumours and many can
Charles N. J. McGhee +3 more
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The mites (Acarina: Analgesidae) living on or in the feathers of birds
Parasitology, 1953 In 1950 the author published a paper entitled ‘The Mites (Acarina) parasitic on Mammals, Birds and Reptiles’ in which it was stated that the subject of feather mites (Analgesidae) was too big to be included in that work, and though they were parasitic throughout their life upon the host or in the quills of the feathers they should be made the subject ...
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Feather Mites and Physiological Condition of Migrant Birds [PDF]
, 2005 Feather mites are found on most species of birds and the birds captured at SWAMP in Lake Forest, IL are no exception. However, little is known about their biology, and there is an ongoing debate on whether or not feather mites are parasites.
Bueter, Chelsea
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Host-Parasite Relationships of Quill Mites (Syringophilidae) and Parrots (Psittaciformes)
Diversity, 2022 The family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata) includes obligatory ectoparasites, which occupy feather quills from various parts of avian plumage, where they feed and reproduce.
Natalia Marciniak-Musial +4 more
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AcarologiaThree new species of the feather mite genus Proterothrix Gaud, 1968 (Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) are described from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in China: Proterothrix angusticorporis sp. n.
Shu-Xiang He +4 more
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Noah's Raven, Noah's Son: The Metamorphoses of Blackness in Early Modern Readings of Genesis 8‐9
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past half‐century, scholars have offered various theories to explain when and how an aetiology for black skin became part of the reception history of the so‐called Curse of Ham in Genesis 9—a text that does not include any reference to skin colour.
Ashleigh Elser
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