@article {96465,
	title = {Chewing lice (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Ischnocera) from shorebirds (Aves, Charadriiformes) in the K{\i}z{\i}l{\i}rmak Delta, Turkey},
	journal = {Turkey. Travaux du Mus{\'e}um National d{\textquoteright}Histoire Naturelle {\textquotedblleft}Grigor Antipa"},
	volume = {66},
	year = {2023},
	month = {Dec-31-2023},
	pages = {225-262},
	abstract = {<p><jats p="">This study was carried out in the K{\i}z{\i}l{\i}rmak Delta Cernek Bird Ringing Station, Central Black Sea Region, during August and September 2020, to survey the louse species found on shorebirds (Aves: Charadriiformes). A total of 241 birds belonging to 13 species were searched for chewing lice. Eleven species in six genera of the family Scolopacidae (<jats italic="">Actitis hypoleucos, Arenaria interpres, Calidris alba, Calidris alpina, Calidris falcinellus, Calidris ferruginea, Calidris minuta, Gallinago gallinago, Tringa glareola, Tringa totanus, Xenus cinereus</jats>) and two species in one genus of the family Charadriidae (<jats italic="">Charadrius dubius, Charadrius hiaticula</jats>) were examined. Birds were caught alive with mist-nets, ringed, searched for lice, and released. A total of 153 birds (63.49\%) were infested with lice belonging to 16 species, five amblycerans: <jats italic="">Actornithophilus bicolor, Actornithophilus ochraceus, Actornithophilus totani, Actornithophilus umbrinus, Austromenopon lutescens</jats>, and eleven ischnocerans: <jats italic="">Carduiceps fulvofasciatus, Carduiceps meinertzhageni, Carduiceps zonarius, Lunaceps actophilus, Lunaceps falcinellus, Lunaceps schismatus, Quadraceps hiaticulae, Quadraceps obscurus, Quadraceps ravus, Quadraceps strepsilaris</jats> and <jats italic="">Saemundssonia platygaster frater</jats>. These eight species are new records for Turkey: <jats italic="">Ac. bicolor, Ac. ochraceus, Ca. fulvofasciatus, Lu. falcinellus, Lu. schismatus, Qu. ravus, Qu. strepsilaris </jats>and <jats italic="">Sa. platygaster frater</jats>. In addition, <jats italic="">Qudraceps hiaticulae</jats> was recorded from Little ringed plovers (<jats italic="">Charadrius dubius</jats>)\&amp;nbsp;\&amp;nbsp;for the first time in the world in this study. According the lice checklist of wild birds in Turkey, a total of 188 bird species examined and 122 of them were infested, and a total of 217 chewing lice species has been recorded.</jats></p>
},
	keywords = {Bird ringing, Calidris falcinellus, checklist, Chewing lice, hosts, Infestation, Lunaceps schismatus, shorebirds},
	issn = {2247-0735, 1223-2254},
	doi = {10.3897/travaux.66.e97526},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/travaux.66.e97526},
	author = {Bilal Dik and Kiraz Erciyas_Yavuz and Melisa Bal and Arif Cemal {\"O}zsemir and Nizamettin Yavuz and Dilge S{\i}la Davulcu}
}
