@article {96529,
	title = {Chewing lice of wild birds in Iran: new data and a checklist of avian louse species reported in Iran},
	journal = {Frontiers Veterinary Science},
	volume = {10},
	year = {2024},
	month = {Feb-02-2024},
	pages = {32 pp},
	abstract = {<p><jats p="">Between September 2019 and December 2023, a total of 612 wild birds representing 16 orders, 33 families, 60 genera, and 78 species from nine provinces of Iran with different climates namely Hamedan (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;54), Sistan-va-Baluchestan (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;372), Kerman (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;73), South Khorasan (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;52), Mazandaran (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;7), Chaharmahal-va-Bakhtiari (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;2), Gilan (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;2), Golestan (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;18), North Khorasan (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;9), and Razavi Khorasan (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;23) were examined for chewing lice infestation. Naked eye examination revealed that 58 birds (9.5\%) were infested with at least one chewing louse species. Collected lice specimens belonged to 28 species from the families Philopteridae, Menoponidae and Laemobothriidae including <jats italic="">Strigiphilus strigis</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;55, 15.6\%), <jats italic="">Falcolipeurus quadripustulatus</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;41, 11.6\%), <jats italic="">Craspedorrhynchus platystomus</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;40, 11.3\%), <jats italic="">Colpocephalum turbinatum</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;36, 10.2\%), <jats italic="">Laemobothrion maximum</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;25, 7.1\%), <jats italic="">Nosopon lucidum</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;20, 5.6\%), <jats italic="">Degeeriella fulva</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;18, 5.1\%), <jats italic="">Colpocephalum eucarenum</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;16, 4.5\%), <jats italic="">Laemobothrion vulturis</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;15, 4.2\%), <jats italic="">Anaticola crassicornis</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;13, 3.7\%), <jats italic="">Craspedorrhynchus aquilinus</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;9, 2.5\%), <jats italic="">Degeeriella fusca</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;7, 2.0\%), <jats italic="">Aegypoecus trigonoceps</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;7, 2.0\%), <jats italic="">Quadraceps obscurus</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;6, 1.7\%), <jats italic="">Colpocephalum impressum</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;6, 1.7\%), <jats italic="">Trinoton querquedulae</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;6, 1.7\%), <jats italic="">Colpocephalum heterosoma</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;5, 1.4\%), <jats italic="">Colpocephalum nanum</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;5, 1.4\%), <jats italic="">Lunaceps holophaeus</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;4, 1.1\%), <jats italic="">Quadraceps</jats> spp. (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;4, 1.1\%), <jats italic="">Actornithophilus uniseriatus</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;2, 0.6\%), <jats italic="">Nosopon chanabense</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;2, 0.6\%), <jats italic="">Actornithophilus cornutus</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;1, 0.3\%), <jats italic="">Cuclotogaster heterographus</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;1, 0.3\%), <jats italic="">Falcolipeurus suturalis</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;1, 0.3\%), <jats italic="">Laemobothrion atrum</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;1, 0.3\%), <jats italic="">Colpocephalum gypsi</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;1, 0.3\%), and <jats italic="">Rallicola cuspidatus</jats> (<jats italic="">n</jats> =\&thinsp;1, 0.3\%). All of these species except six, i.e., <jats italic="">Trinoton</jats> spp., <jats italic="">C</jats>. <jats italic="">aquilinus</jats>, <jats italic="">L</jats>. <jats italic="">vulturis</jats>, <jats italic="">L</jats>. <jats italic="">maximum</jats>, <jats italic="">C</jats>. <jats italic="">impressum</jats>, <jats italic="">C</jats>. <jats italic="">turbinatum</jats>, and <jats italic="">C</jats>. <jats italic="">heterographus</jats> are recorded for the first time from Iran. This study is the largest epidemiological study to date performed in the country. Data reported herein contribute to our knowledge about diversity of avian chewing lice from wild birds in Iran. In this paper, an updated checklist of louse species reported from Iran according to their avian hosts is presented.</jats></p>
},
	keywords = {Aquila nipalensis, birds of prey, Chewing louse species, fauna, host{\textendash}parasite associations, Iran, Middle- east, New record, Spatula clypeata, Spatula querquedula},
	issn = {2297-1769},
	doi = {10.3389/fvets.2023.1324619},
	url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2023.1324619/full},
	author = {Zahra Bahiraei and Alireza Sazmand and Javad Khedri and Mohammad Babaei and Erfan Moeinifard and Bilal Dik}
}
