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Chewing lice of genus Ricinus (Phthiraptera, Ricinidae) deposited at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia, with description of a new species [PDF]

Parasite, 2016
We revised a collection of chewing lice deposited at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia. We studied 60 slides with 107 specimens of 10 species of the genus Ricinus (De Geer, 1778).
Valan Miroslav, Sychra Oldrich, Literak Ivan   +2 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Insect ectoparasites from wild passerine birds in the Azores Islands [PDF]

Parasite, 2020
A total of 266 wild passerine birds (Passeriformes) representing eight species and nine subspecies from three islands of the Archipelago of the Azores were examined for ectoparasites. Two species of louse-flies Ornithomya avicularia and Ornithoica turdi (
Oslejskova Lucie, Kounkova Sarka, Gustafsson Daniel R., Resendes Roberto, Rodrigues Pedro, Literak Ivan, Sychra Oldrich   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Composition and distribution of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) on Colombian and Peruvian birds: New data on louse-host association in the Neotropics [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2018
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, Gustavo Londoño, Kevin Johnson, Jason Weckstein, Jorge Avendaño, Therese Catanach, Andrew Sweet, Andrew Cook, Jill Jankowski, Julie Allen   +9 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Alternative hypotheses to explain the relationship between infestation intensity and sex ratio of ricinid lice (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Ricinidae) infesting hummingbirds (Apodiformes: Trochilidae)

Parasitology
Ricinid lice are exceptionally large-bodied relative to their hosts and tend to form small infrapopulations. They exhibit a more pronounced female bias (predominance of females) than most other lice.
Yoshika Oniki-Willis, Edwin O Willis, Oldřich Sychra, Terry Galloway, Lajos Rózsa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of the Chicken Body Louse, Menacanthus cornutus, and Evolutionary Patterns of Extensive Gene Rearrangements in the Mitochondrial Genomes of Amblycera (Psocodea: Phthiraptera). [PDF]

Genes (Basel), 2022
Gong S, Xu Y, Xu S, Liang Y, Tian L, Cai W, Li H, Song F.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Relationship between body size and sexual size dimorphism in syringophilid quill mites. [PDF]

Parasitol Res, 2022
Rózsa L, Moldovan E.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mitochondrial Genome Fragmentation Occurred Multiple Times Independently in Bird Lice of the Families Menoponidae and Laemobothriidae. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2023
Dong Y, Jelocnik M, Gillett A, Valenza L, Conroy G, Potvin D, Shao R.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Comparative analysis of the intestinal microbiome in Rattus norvegicus from different geographies. [PDF]

Front Microbiol, 2023
Shah T, Hou Y, Jiang J, Shah Z, Wang Y, Li Q, Xu X, Wang Y, Wang B, Xia X.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Case studies on longitudinal mercury content in humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) baleen. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2022
Lowe CL, Jordan-Ward R, Hunt KE, Rogers MC, Werth AJ, Gabriele C, Neilson J, von Hippel FA, Buck CL.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prevalence and diversity of parasitic bird lice (Insecta: Psocodea) in northeast Arkansas. [PDF]

Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl, 2023
Brewer PJ, Sweet AD.
europepmc   +1 more source