@inbook {68826, title = {Chewing Lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) and Feather Mites (Acari: Astigmatina: Analgoidea, Pterolichoidea): Ectosymbionts of Grassland Birds in Canada}, booktitle = {Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands: Biodiversity and Systematics Part 1}, series = {Biodiversity and Systematics Part 1}, volume = {3}, year = {2014}, pages = {139 - 188}, publisher = {Biological Survey of Canada}, organization = {Biological Survey of Canada}, chapter = {5}, abstract = {

The diversity of bird species nesting in Canadian grasslands is high, and each of them is host to one
or more species of lice and mites. A checklist of feather lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) and feather\ mites (Acari: Analgoidea, Pterolichoidea) from 160 species of birds that nest in terrestrial and aquatic habitats\ in the grassland biome in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba is provided here. The list includes known and\ expected records. In total, four families, 54 genera, and 183 named species and subspecies of chewing lice are\ known to occur on these hosts in the Prairie Provinces. At least an additional 63 species are expected to be\ found eventually, on the basis of records from these hosts elsewhere in North America. Twenty-seven species in\ six genera have been collected from hosts with no prior louse records; many of these species are undescribed.\ For feather mites, 20 families, 73 genera, 134 named species, and 38 undescribed species are known to occur,\ and an additional 13 genera and 39 species are expected to be found eventually on these hosts in Canadian\ grasslands. Many populations and species of grassland-breeding birds are endangered in North America, and it
is clear that should they be lost, many species of lice and mites would disappear with them.

}, isbn = {978-0-9689321-6-2}, doi = {10.3752/9780968932162.ch5}, url = {http://phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/68826.pdf}, author = {Terry D. Galloway and Heather C. Proctor and Sergey Mironov}, editor = {C{\'a}rcamo, H.A. and Giberson, D.J.} }