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Insect ectoparasites on wild birds in the Czech Republic during the pre-breeding period

Parasite, 2011
Wild passerine birds (Passeriformes) from the northeastern part of the Czech Republic were examined for ectoparasites during the pre-breeding period in 2007. Two species of fleas of the genera Ceratophyllus and Dasypsyllus (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae),
Sychra O., Literák I., Podzemný P., Harmat P., Hrabák R.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

ECTOPARASITISMO POR Struthiolipeurus Rheae (HARRISON, 1916) (PHTHIRAPTERA: PHILOPTERIDAE) EM Rhea americana (RHEIFORMES: RHEIDAE) EM CONDIÇÕES CATIVAS NO MUNICÍPIO DE MOSSORÓ, RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRASIL

Ciência Animal Brasileira, 2008
Registrou-se a ocorrência do piolho mastigador Struthiolipeurus rheae parasitando emas (Rhea americana) mantidas em condições conservacionista e científicas no Centro de Multiplicação de Animais Silvestres da Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido no ...
Silvia Maria Mendes Ahid, Moacir Franco de Oliveira, Ana Carla Diógenes Suassuna   +2 more
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The loss of the urea cycle and ornithine metabolism in different insect orders: An omics approach

Insect Molecular Biology, Volume 34, Issue 5, Page 632-644, October 2025.
Among urea cycle enzymes, only the nitric oxide synthase gene is universally present across insect genomes. All Hemiptera species lack the enzymes needed to convert citrulline to arginine, and some also lack the pathway from arginine to ornithine. Putrescine and spermidine synthesis is conserved in all insects, but aphids lack the capability to produce
Jessica Cristina Silva Martins, Héctor Antônio Assunção Romão, Carolina Kurotusch Canettieri, Amanda Caetano Cercilian, Patrícia Rasteiro Ordiale Oliveira, Clelia Ferreira, Walter R. Terra, Renata de Oliveira Dias   +7 more
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Chaetotaxy of three nymphal instars of an ischnoceran louse, Aegypoecus perspicuus (Phthiraptera: Insecta) [PDF]

, 2012
The present study on three nymphal instars of Aegypoecus perspicuus indicated that these differ from each other not only an size, abdominal segmentation, chitinization but also in the number of setae occurring on head, thorax and abdomen.
Agarwal, G. P., Ahmad, Aftab, Arya, Gaurav, Nisar, Arjumand, Saxena, A. K., Saxena, Renu   +5 more
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Phylogenomics reveals the timescale of diversification in Amblycera

Systematic Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 540-553, July 2025.
Next‐generation sequencing changes the higher taxonomy of Amblycera (Insecta: Phthiraptera). Families Trimenoponidae and Gyropidae merge into Gyropidae; Trinotonidae is a separate family; several genera are paraphyletic. The ancestral host of Amblycera was likely a bird; Amblycera switched to mammals twice.
Tomáš Najer, Jorge Doña, Aleš Buček, Andrew D. Sweet, Oldřich Sychra, Kevin P. Johnson   +5 more
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Insect ectoparasites from wild passerine birds in the Czech Republic

Parasite, 2008
Wild passerine birds (Passeriformes) from northeastern part of the Czech Republic were examined for ectoparasites. Three species of louse-flies of the genus Ornithomya (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), two species of fleas of the genera Ceratophyllus and ...
Sychra O., Literák I., Podzemný P., Benedikt V.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

New record of the chewing louse Myrsidea dissimilis (Kellogg, 1896) (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) parasitizing a Purple Martin, Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) in Amazonas, Brazil

Entomological Communications, 2023
The chewing lice are obligatory ectoparasites of birds and mammals distributed worldwide. From an expedition to Comaru Island, Brazilian Amazon, a chewing louse parasitizing a Purple Martin [Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758)], a Neotropical migrant, was ...
Ricardo Bassini-Silva, Isabella P. Pesenato, Ramiro D. Melinski, Clarissa O. Santos, Erika Hingst-Zaher, Darci M. Barros-Battesti, Fernando C. Jacinavicius   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feeding and reproductive behaviour of pigeon slender louse, Columbicola columbae (Phthiraptera, Insecta, Ischnocera) [PDF]

, 2010
Columbicola columbae, the pigeon slender louse mostly feeds upon the barbules of feathers but in addition to this it also feeds upon skin scurf, epidermal scales, sheaths of growing feathers, pellicle of skin etc. C.
Arya, Surman, Khan, Vikram, Singh, Sanjay Kumar, Singh, Suneel Kumar   +3 more
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Avian Afterlives: Integrative Taxonomy of Hippoboscid Flies (Diptera) From Citizen‐Reported Bird Carcasses Reveals a New Species and Host–Parasite Diversity in Singapore

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Biodiversity science depends on rigorous characterization of species diversity and ecological roles, yet the ecology of many invertebrate species remains virtually unknown. One pragmatic way to change this is to make use of deceased animals and their companions, such as by salvaging and examining carcasses reported by citizen scientists.
Leshon Lee, Jozef Oboňa, Yu Xuan Lee, Karyn T. Lee, Jayanthi Puniamoorthy, Leo Y. K. Tan, Ruirong Choo, David J. X. Tan, Mackenzie Kwak, Yuchen Ang, Rudolf Meier, Yuzine Esa   +11 more
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Population characteristics of Phthiraptera occurring on Red Whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) [PDF]

, 2010
Two phthirapteran species, Menacanthus eurysternus (Amblycera) and Brueelia sp. (Ischnocera) were recovered from 100 Red Whiskered Bulbuls (Pycnonotus jocosus) during March to December 2006.
Ahmad, Aftab, Arya, Gaurav, Bansal, Nayanci, Khan, Vikram, Saxena, A.K.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources