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Contrasting seasonal patterns in diet and dung‐associated invertebrates of feral cattle and horses in a rewilding area

Molecular Ecology, Volume 32, Issue 8, Page 2071-2091, April 2023., 2023
Abstract Trophic rewilding is increasingly applied in restoration efforts, with the aim of reintroducing the ecological functions provided by large‐bodied mammals and thereby promote self‐regulating, biodiverse ecosystems. However, empirical evidence for the effects of megafauna introductions on the abundance and richness of other organisms such as ...
Emil Ellegaard Thomassen, Eva Egelyng Sigsgaard, Mads Reinholdt Jensen, Kent Olsen, Morten D. D. Hansen, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Philip Francis Thomsen   +6 more
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A unique case of commensalism: The beaver beetle Platypsyllus castoris (Leiodidae, Coleoptera) and its morphological adaptations

Journal of Morphology, Volume 284, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023
We document in detail the morphology of adults of the beaver beetle Platypsyllus castoris with modern techniques, and interpret evolutionary changes linked with the specific life style of the beetle in the fur of the beaver. Platypsyllus displays numerous structural specializations which ensure mechanical stabilization, firm anchorage on the host, and ...
Margarita I. Yavorskaya, Paweł Jałoszyński, Rolf G. Beutel   +2 more
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Hitchhiking into the future on a fly: Toward a better understanding of phoresy and avian louse evolution (Phthiraptera) by screening bird carcasses for phoretic lice on hippoboscid flies (Diptera)

Systematic Entomology, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 420-429, July 2022., 2022
Based on 254 published records, we use species interaction networks to illustrate what is known about avian louse hitchhiking on hippoboscid flies. We then propose a protocol for obtaining new records by finding flies carrying lice on bird carcasses followed by species‐level sorting of all flies and lice with cost‐effective NGS barcodes.
Leshon Lee, David J. X. Tan, Jozef Oboňa, Daniel R. Gustafsson, Yuchen Ang, Rudolf Meier   +5 more
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New species and new records of Brueelia Kéler, 1936 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) from South Africa

Zootaxa
Three species of the genus Brueelia Kéler, 1936 are reported from South Africa for the first time: Brueelia cyclothorax (Burmeister, 1838) ex Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758), Brueelia queleae Sychra & Barlev [in Sychra et al.], 2010a ex Quelea quelea ...
Daniel R. Gustafsson, Alexandra A. Grossi, Ali Halajian, DEREK ENGELBRECHT   +3 more
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Evolution of the <i>Neopsylla hongyangensis</i> Mitogenome: Insights Into the Mitogenomic Evolution of the Orders Siphonaptera and the Phthiraptera. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
The Neopsylla hongyangensis is an important medical insect that transmits plague. We sequenced the mitogenome of N. hongyangensis and constructed a phylogenetic tree for the order Siphonaptera. In addition, we explored the mitogenomic evolution of the orders Siphonaptera and Phthiraptera, which both belong to the class Insects, on warm‐blooded animals ...
Lin X, Pu J, Dong W.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Parasitological survey of coastal birds from the Magellanic coast, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022
Ecto and endoparasites of four species of coastal birds, Haematopus ater, Larus dominicanus, Leucophaeus scoresbii (Charadriiformes), and Lophonetta specularioides (Anseriformes), are reported from Puerto Deseado on the Patagonian coast, Argentina.
CARMEN GILARDONI, ELIANA LORENTI, JULIA I. DIAZ, SOLEDAD LEONARDI, FLORENCIA CREMONTE   +4 more
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Data incongruence and the problem of avian louse phylogeny [PDF]

, 2004
Recent studies based on different types of data (i.e. morphological and molecular) have supported conflicting phylogenies for the genera of avian feather lice (Ischnocera: Phthiraptera).
Archie J. W., Bandelt H.-J., Blagoveshtchenskii D. I., Bremer K., Choe J. C., Clay T., Clayton D. H., Clayton D. H., Corpet F., Cunningham C. W., Danforth B. N., Darlu P., Eichler W. D., Emerson K. C., Estabrook G. F., Faith D. P., Felsenstein J., Hafner M. S., Hafner M. S., Hillis D. M., Hillis D. M., Hopkins G. H. E., Huelsenbeck J. P., Johnson K. P., Johnson K. P., Jow H., Kallersjo M., Kellogg V. L., Kluge A. G., Konigsmann E., Lockhart P. J., Lockhart P. J., Lopez P., Loye J. E., Lyal C. H. C., Maddison W. P., Meacham C. A., Mey E., Mey E., Page R. D. M., Page R. D. M., Page R. D. M., Palma R. L., Price R. D., Rambaut A., Reed D. L., Rozsa L., Rzhetsky A., Simon C., Swofford D. L., Wheeler W. C., Wilkinson M., Zharkikh A.   +52 more
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Type specimens of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) held in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2009
The type specimens of 142 nominal species of chewing and sucking lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera and Anoplura) held in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (MZUSP) are listed.
Michel P. Valim
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Louse (Insecta : Phthiraptera) mitochondrial 12S rRNA secondary structure is highly variable [PDF]

, 2002
Lice are ectoparasitic insects hosted by birds and mammals. Mitochondrial 12S rRNA sequences obtained from lice show considerable length variation and are very difficult to align.
Billoud B., Collins L.J., Corpet F., Critchlow D.E., Day W.H.E., Fontana W., Gutell R.R., Hafner M.S., Hafner M.S., Hickson R.E., Hickson R.E., Hofacker I.L., Houde P., Johnson K.P., Johnson K.P., K. P. Johnson, Konings D.A.M., Lenhof H.-P., Lockhart P.J., Mindell D.P., Moran N.A., Page R.D.M., Page R.D.M., Page R.D.M., R. Cruickshank, R. D. M. Page, Shao R., Simon C., Springer M.S., Stoye J., Swofford D.L., Wheeler W.C.   +31 more
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Lousy grouse: Comparing evolutionary patterns in Alaska galliform lice to understand host evolution and host–parasite interactions

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 10, Issue 15, Page 8379-8393, August 2020., 2020
Genomic data from Alaska grouse species and their associated feather lice suggest a mixed history of host switching and codivergence between these organisms. The results give insight into the ecological and evolutionary history of grouse in Alaska, and also help us understand how hosts and their parasites interact over time. Abstract Understanding both
Andrew D. Sweet, Robert E. Wilson, Sarah A. Sonsthagen, Kevin P. Johnson   +3 more
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