@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 = {

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 (n =\ 54), Sistan-va-Baluchestan (n =\ 372), Kerman (n =\ 73), South Khorasan (n =\ 52), Mazandaran (n =\ 7), Chaharmahal-va-Bakhtiari (n =\ 2), Gilan (n =\ 2), Golestan (n =\ 18), North Khorasan (n =\ 9), and Razavi Khorasan (n =\ 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 Strigiphilus strigis (n =\ 55, 15.6\%), Falcolipeurus quadripustulatus (n =\ 41, 11.6\%), Craspedorrhynchus platystomus (n =\ 40, 11.3\%), Colpocephalum turbinatum (n =\ 36, 10.2\%), Laemobothrion maximum (n =\ 25, 7.1\%), Nosopon lucidum (n =\ 20, 5.6\%), Degeeriella fulva (n =\ 18, 5.1\%), Colpocephalum eucarenum (n =\ 16, 4.5\%), Laemobothrion vulturis (n =\ 15, 4.2\%), Anaticola crassicornis (n =\ 13, 3.7\%), Craspedorrhynchus aquilinus (n =\ 9, 2.5\%), Degeeriella fusca (n =\ 7, 2.0\%), Aegypoecus trigonoceps (n =\ 7, 2.0\%), Quadraceps obscurus (n =\ 6, 1.7\%), Colpocephalum impressum (n =\ 6, 1.7\%), Trinoton querquedulae (n =\ 6, 1.7\%), Colpocephalum heterosoma (n =\ 5, 1.4\%), Colpocephalum nanum (n =\ 5, 1.4\%), Lunaceps holophaeus (n =\ 4, 1.1\%), Quadraceps spp. (n =\ 4, 1.1\%), Actornithophilus uniseriatus (n =\ 2, 0.6\%), Nosopon chanabense (n =\ 2, 0.6\%), Actornithophilus cornutus (n =\ 1, 0.3\%), Cuclotogaster heterographus (n =\ 1, 0.3\%), Falcolipeurus suturalis (n =\ 1, 0.3\%), Laemobothrion atrum (n =\ 1, 0.3\%), Colpocephalum gypsi (n =\ 1, 0.3\%), and Rallicola cuspidatus (n =\ 1, 0.3\%). All of these species except six, i.e., Trinoton spp., C. aquilinus, L. vulturis, L. maximum, C. impressum, C. turbinatum, and C. heterographus 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.

}, 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} } @article {96196, title = {Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) found on Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus) from a wild breeding colony in central Spain.}, journal = {Vulture News}, volume = {83}, year = {2023}, month = {May-09-2023}, pages = {32-38}, abstract = {

The Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) is a social species which breeds in colonies and feeds in groups. This can facilitate horizontal transmission of ectoparasites between conspecifics. In 2015, in the province of Guadalajara, Spain, 28 vultures from a wild population were examined for ectoparasites, 24 of which were parasitized by chewing lice (Phthiraptera). Three species of lice were identified: Laemobothrion (Laemobothrion) vulturis, Colpocephalum turbinatum and Falcolipeurus quadripustulatus. Data on the prevalence and richness of louse species in the vulture population are also presented.

}, issn = {1606-7479}, doi = {10.4314/vulnew.v83i.3}, url = {https://www.ajol.info/index.php/vulnew/article/view/247279}, author = {Carlos Talabante-Ram{\'\i}rez and Iv{\'a}n Bernal_Sosa} }