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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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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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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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An annotated checklist of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from Slovakia

Zootaxa, 2021
This checklist includes taxa of chewing lice from published records, old collections, and recently collected material from birds and mammals in Slovakia. Data from established collections correspond to five different periods: (1) 1925–1939, collection of Karel Pfleger; (2) 1946–1978, collection of František Balát; (3) 1974–1985, collection of Vladimír ...
LUCIE OŠLEJŠKOVÁ, JÁN KRIŠTOFÍK, ALFRÉD TRNKA, OLDŘICH SYCHRA   +3 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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Diagnostic features of three nymphal instars of Sturnidoecus bannoo (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) infesting Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus [PDF]

, 2010
Three nymphal instars of bank Myna louse, Sturnidoecus bannoo differ from each other not only any size, abdominal segmentation, chitinization but also in the number of setae occurring on head, thorax and abdomen.
Ahmad, Aftab, Bansal, Nayanci, Joshi, V.D., Rajput, Sweta, Saxena, A.K.   +4 more
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Fog and fauna of the Namib Desert: past and future

Ecosphere, Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2020., 2020
Abstract The future of fog‐dependent habitats under climate change is unknown but likely precarious; many have experienced recent declines in fog. Fog‐dependent deserts particularly will be threatened, because, there, fog can be the main water source for biota.
Duncan Mitchell, Joh R. Henschel, Robyn S. Hetem, Theo D. Wassenaar, W. Maartin Strauss, Shirley A. Hanrahan, Mary K. Seely   +6 more
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