Las especies del género Brueelia que parasitan distintos táxones de Icterinae presentan un conjunto de características somáticas que permiten discriminarlas en dos agrupamientos informales de especies, aquí denominados grupo picturata y grupo ornatissima,
A. C. Cicchino, D. C. Castro
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New genus and species of lice in the Oxylipeurus-complex (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae), with an overview of the distribution of ischnoceran chewing lice on galliform hosts [PDF]
Here, we describe a new genus of lice (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera) in the Oxylipeurus-complex, parasitising galliform hosts in the genera Tragopan Cuvier, 1829. This genus, Pelecolipeurus gen.
Daniel R. Gustafsson+5 more
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Composition and distribution of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) on Colombian and Peruvian birds: New data on louse-host association in the Neotropics [PDF]
The diversity of permanent ectoparasites is likely underestimated due to the difficulty of collecting samples. Lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) are permanent ectoparasites of birds and mammals; there are approximately 5,000 species described and many more ...
Juliana Soto-Patiño+9 more
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Chewing lice of the Oxylipeurus-complex known from China are described and illustrated. The genera Megalipeurus Kéler, 1958 and Reticulipeurus Kéler, 1958 are considered valid, resurrected from synonymy and redescribed.
Daniel R. Gustafsson+3 more
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Molecular identification of Campanulotes bidentatus Scopoli, 1763 (Phthiraptera, Philopteridae) infecting the domestic pigeon Columba livia from Saudi Arabia. [PDF]
Alajmi RA+8 more
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Hippoboscidae (Samouelle 1819) is a family of blood feeding Diptera, which can be phoretic vectors for parasitic feather lice (Philopteridae Burmeister 1838).
Robert S. de Moya
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One species of the louse genus Philopterus Nitzsch, 1818 is redescribed and illustrated: Philopterus acrocephalus Carriker, 1949 ex Acrocephalus luscinius (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830), A. melanopogon (Temminck, 1823), A.
Tomas Najer+8 more
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New views on strand asymmetry in insect mitochondrial genomes. [PDF]
Strand asymmetry in nucleotide composition is a remarkable feature of animal mitochondrial genomes. Understanding the mutation processes that shape strand asymmetry is essential for comprehensive knowledge of genome evolution, demographical population ...
Shu-Jun Wei+6 more
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Redescriptions of thirteen species of chewing lice in the Brueelia-complex (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae), with one new synonymy and a neotype designation for Nirmus lais Giebel, 1874 [PDF]
Thirteen species of chewing lice in the Brueelia-complex are redescribed and illustrated. They are: Brueelia blagovescenskyi Balát, 1955, ex Emberiza schoeniclus (Linnaeus, 1758); B.
Daniel R. Gustafsson+4 more
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<strong>A review of the louse genus <em>Tinamotaecola</em> (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae <em>sensu</em> <em>lato</em>), with description of a new species</strong> [PDF]
We studied a collection of lice from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Chile containing all four known species and one new species (described herein) in the genus Tinamotaecola, parasites of birds of the families Cariamidae and Tinamidae.
Armando Conrado Cicchino+2 more
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