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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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New barklice (Psocodea, Trogiomorpha) from Lower Cretaceous Spanish amber

Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 8, Issue 3, May/June 2022., 2022
Abstract Barklice are insects belonging to the order Psocodea. They are herbivorous or detritivorous, and inhabit a wide range of environments. Their oldest fossil record dates back to the late Carboniferous, but it was not until the Cretaceous that they became much more diverse.
Sergio Álvarez‐Parra, Enrique Peñalver, André Nel, Xavier Delclòs, Conrad Labandeira   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caracterização da população de ectoparasitos em cães de núcleos de expansão urbana de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brasil Characterization of ectoparasites on dogs in the nucleus of urban expansion of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2008
No presente trabalho caracterizou-se a população de ectoparasitos em cães de núcleo de expansão urbana de Juiz de Fora, MG. As coletas foram realizadas de julho a setembro de 2003, examinando-se 101 cães SRD (sem raça definida).
Denise F. Rodrigues, Erik Daemon, André Flávio S.F. Rodrigues   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for the identification of lice isolated from farm animals

Parasite, 2020
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) is now routinely used for the rapid identification of microorganisms isolated from clinical samples and has been recently successfully applied to the ...
Ouarti Basma, Laroche Maureen, Righi Souad, Meguini Mohamed Nadir, Benakhla Ahmed, Raoult Didier, Parola Philippe   +6 more
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The ecological function of insect egg micropyles

Functional Ecology, Volume 36, Issue 5, Page 1113-1123, May 2022., 2022
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Insect egg micropyles are openings through the chorion allowing sperm entry for fertilisation. Micropyles are diverse structures showing remarkable variation in number, spatial arrangement and physical structure across extant insect orders.
Graziella Iossa
wiley   +1 more source

Countdown to 2010: Can we assess Ireland’s insect species diversity and loss? [PDF]

, 2010
peer-reviewedThe insects are the most diverse organisms on this planet and play an essential role in ecosystem functioning, yet we know very little about them.
McCormack, Stephen, Nash, Robert, Nelson, Brian, O'Connor, James P, Regan, Eugenie   +4 more
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The ischnoceran chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) of bulbuls (Aves: Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae), with descriptions of 18 new species

European Journal of Taxonomy, 2022
The ischnoceran chewing lice known from bulbuls are discussed and revised, and 18 new species are described. These are: Brueelia celer sp. nov. from Pycnonotus cafer bengalensis Blyth, 1845 and Pycnonotus cafer primrosei Deignan, 1949; Brueelia ...
D. Gustafsson, Tomáš Najer, Fasheng Zou, Sarah E. Bush   +3 more
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Chewing lice (psocodea: phthiraptera) detected in wild birds in hatay, türkiye, a new record of the colpocephalum ecaudati price and beer from black kite (milvus migrans) [PDF]

Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi
This study was carried out to determine chewing lice species of the wild birds, which were brought to the Veterinary Health, Practice and Research Center and Wild Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Center of Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, between May 2018-
Aykut ZEREK, İpek ERDEM, Mehmet YAMAN, Muhammed Enes ALTUĞ, Bilal DİK   +4 more
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The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation?

Biological Reviews, Volume 97, Issue 2, Page 640-663, April 2022., 2022
ABSTRACT There have been five Mass Extinction events in the history of Earth's biodiversity, all caused by dramatic but natural phenomena. It has been claimed that the Sixth Mass Extinction may be underway, this time caused entirely by humans. Although considerable evidence indicates that there is a biodiversity crisis of increasing extinctions and ...
Robert H. Cowie, Philippe Bouchet, Benoît Fontaine   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preliminary archaeoentomological analyses of permafrost-preserved cultural layers from the pre-contact Yup’ik Eskimo site of Nunalleq, Alaska : implications, potential and methodological considerations [PDF]

, 2015
Acknowledgements Site excavation and samples collection were conducted by archaeologists from the University of Aberdeen, with the help of archaeologists and student excavators from the University of Aberdeen University of Alaska Fairbanks and Bryn Mawr ...
Arnett R. H., Arnett R. H., Bain A. L., Barker J. H., Birks H. J. B., Borror D. J., Bousquet Y., Bresciani J., Bresciani J., Buckland P. C., Buckland P. C., Buckland P. C., Böcher J., Cappers R. T. J., Coope G. R., Elias S. A., Fienup-Riordan A., Fienup-Riordan A., Forbes V., Forbes V., Frink L., Haarløv N., Hall A. R., Hansen J. P. H., Hartman C. W., Hastorf C. A., Hoffecker J. F., Kate Britton, Kenward H. K., Kenward H. K., Kenward H. K., Kenward H. K., Kenward H. K., Kenward H. K., Koch K., Larsson S. G., Lutz B. J., Oswalt W. H., Pearsall D. M., Peterson A., Phipps J., Price M. A., Rick Knecht, Sadler J. P., Sadler J. P., Shaw R. D., Séguy E., Vanstone J. W., Véronique Forbes   +48 more
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