Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from wild birds in Senegal, with descriptions of three new species of the genera Brueelia and Philopteroides

A total of 170 wild birds from Senegal, belonging to 48 species and 9 orders, were searched for lice in 2005 and 2007. Chewing lice were found on 58 birds of 18 species and 5 orders (Columbiformes, Cuculiformes, Coraciiformes, Galliformes and Passeriformes). Twenty-two species of chewing lice of 13...

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Published in:Acta parasitologica 2012-03, Vol.57 (1), p.90-98
Main Authors: Najer, Tomáš, Sychra, Oldřich, Literák, Ivan, Procházka, Petr, Čapek, Miroslav, Koubek, Petr
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Animals
Animals, Wild
Aves
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Bird Diseases - epidemiology
Bird Diseases - parasitology
Birds
Brachyura
Chewing
Columbiformes
Coraciiformes
Coucal
Cuculiformes
Ecology
Emersoniella
Galliformes
Laniidae
Lice
Lice Infestations - epidemiology
Lice Infestations - parasitology
Lice Infestations - veterinary
Medical Microbiology
Microbiology
Museums
Nectariniidae
new host records
New species
Parasitology
Passeriformes
Phthiraptera
Phthiraptera - anatomy & histology
Phthiraptera - classification
Rallicola
Rallicola centropus
Senegal - epidemiology
Sex
Species Specificity
Sunbird
Taxonomy
Turdidae
Turdus
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Summary:A total of 170 wild birds from Senegal, belonging to 48 species and 9 orders, were searched for lice in 2005 and 2007. Chewing lice were found on 58 birds of 18 species and 5 orders (Columbiformes, Cuculiformes, Coraciiformes, Galliformes and Passeriformes). Twenty-two species of chewing lice of 13 genera were determined. Other nine samples of chewing lice that represent a new host-parasite association were determined at generic level only, because only one sex or nymph of these lice were found. Our records represent the first louse records from passerines Camaroptera brachyura (Cisticolidae), Chalcomitra senegalensis (Nectariniidae), Corvinella corvina (Laniidae), Laniarius barbarus (Malaconotidae), Prinia erythroptera (Cisticolidae) and Turdus pelios (Turdidae). Descriptions and illustrations are given for Brueelia chalcomitrae Najer et Sychra sp. nov. ex Chalcomitra senegalensis (Nectariniidae), Brueelia priniae Najer et Sychra sp. nov. ex Prinia subflava (Cisticolidae), and Philopteroides terpsiphoni Najer et Sychra sp. nov. ex Terpsiphone viridis (Monarchidae).
ISSN:1230-2821
1896-1851
DOI:10.2478/s11686-012-0005-x