@article {68840, title = {First records of parasites from the Long-tailed Meadowlark Sturnella loyca (Passeriformes: Icteridae) from the Biob{\'\i}o Region, Chile}, journal = {Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad}, volume = {84}, year = {2013}, month = {Mar-12-2013}, pages = {1316 - 1320}, type = {Research note}, abstract = {

Abstract: A total of 27 Long-tailed Meadowlarks Sturnella loyca (Molina, 1782) from the Biob\ío Region were\ examined between January 2005 and December 2008. Birds were infected with chewing lice (Phthiraptera), feather\ mites (Acari), and helminths\ (Platyhelminthes, Acanthocephala). Three species of chewing lice were found: Brueelia\ boae Cicchino and Castro, 1996 (26\% prevalence), Menacanthus leistidis Cicchino, 1984 (7.4\%), and Menacanthus\ sturnellae Price, 1977 (7.4\%). Mites included 4 taxa: Amerodectes sp. (Mironov, 2008) (14.8\%), Harphyrhynchoides\ sp. (Fain, 1972) (7.4\%), Mesalgoides sp. (Fain, 1972) (3.7\%), and Proctophyllodes sp. (Robin, M\égnin, 1877)\ (3.7\%). Gastrointestinal helminths included the cestode Anonchotaenia longiovata (Fuhrmann, 1901) (18\%) and the\ acanthocephalan Mediorhynchus robustus (Van Cleave, 1916) (3.7\%). With the exception of B. boae and M. leistidis,\ all parasites represent new records for this passerine bird species.

Title in Spanish:\ Primer registro de par\ásitos de la loica Sturnella loyca (Passeriformes: Icteridae) de la\ regi\ón del Biob\ío, Chile

Resumen:\ Se analizaron 27 loicas Sturnella loyca (Molina, 1782) procedentes de la regi\ón del Biob\ío entre enero de\ 2005 y diciembre de 2008. Se recolectaron piojos (Phthiraptera), \ácaros de plumas (Acari) y helmintos (Platyhelminthes,\ Acanthocephala). Se identificaron 3 especies de piojos: Brueelia boae Cicchino y Castro, 1996 (26\% prevalencia),\ Menacanthus leistidis Cicchino, 1984 (7.4\%) y Menacanthus sturnellae Price, 1977 (7.4\%). Los \ácaros incluyeron 4\ taxa: Amerodectes sp. (Mironov, 2008) (14.8\%),\ Harphyrhynchoides sp. (Fain, 1972) (7.4\%), Mesalgoides sp. (Fain,\ 1972) (3.7\%) y Proctophyllodes sp. (Robin, M\égnin, 1877) (3.7\%). Los helmintos gastrointestinales encontrados\ fueron: el c\éstodo Anonchotaenia longiovata (Fuhrmann, 1901) (18\%) y el acantoc\éfalo Mediorhynchus robustus\ (Van Cleave, 1916) (3.7\%). Con excepci\ón de B. boae y M. leistidis, todos los par\ásitos representan nuevos registros\ para esta especie.

}, keywords = {Chile, ectoparasites, gastrointestinal, Helminths, lices, mites}, issn = {1870-3453}, doi = {10.7550/rmb.34112}, url = {http://phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/68840.pdf}, author = {Soto, Marta and L. Moreno and Mar{\'\i}a Soledad Sep{\'u}lveda and John M. Kinsella and Sergey Mironov and Daniel Gonz{\'a}lez-Acu{\~n}a} }