@article {68764, title = {First records of the chewing lice (Phthiraptera) associated with European Bee Eater (Merops apiaster) in Saudi Arabia}, journal = {Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology}, volume = {42}, year = {2012}, pages = {525 {\textendash} 533}, abstract = {

The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) migrates through Saudi Arabia annu- ally. A total of 25 individuals of this species were captured from three localities in Riyadh and Ta\&$\#$39;if. Three species of chewing lice were identified from these birds and newly added to list of Saudi Arabia parasitic lice fauna from 160 lice individu- als, Meromenopon meropis of suborder Amblycera, Brueelia apiastri and Mero- poecus meropis of suborder Ischnocera.
The characteristic feature, identification keys, data on the material examined, synonyms, photo, type and type locality are provide to each species.

}, keywords = {Amblycera, Chewing lice, European bee-eater, Ischnocera, Merops apiaster, Saudi Arabia.}, url = {https://phthiraptera.myspecies.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/68764.pdf}, author = {Azzam Alahmed and Mohamed Gamal El-D Nasser and Mohammed Shobrak and Bilal Dik} }