@article {95798, title = {The first description of the nymphal stages of Hoplopleura longula (Psocodea: Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) from the harvest mouse Micromys minutus (Rodentia: Muridae)}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {9}, year = {2021}, month = {Apr-19-2021}, abstract = {

Despite the widespread belief that an extensive body of knowledge exists for the sucking lice (Anoplura), some of their common, Eurasian or even cosmopolitan species still lack complete taxonomic descriptions, especially those for their nymphal stages. This applies especially to the most common rodent parasites: the lice of the genus Hoplopleura. In Europe, only two of the five most common Hoplopleura species have full taxonomic characteristics with a description of the nymphal stages. This study enriches the current state of knowledge for another species, Hoplopleura longula and presents the first description of its nymphal stages. The study includes five rare louse specimens (two nymphs I, one nymph II, two nymphs III) of H. longula collected from 63 Eurasian harvest mice Micromys minutus. The collected lice were fixed and preserved in 70\% ethyl alcohol solution and then placed in polyvinyl-lactophenol to form total preparations. Only two of the five species found in Eurasia (H. acanthopus, H. affinis, H. captiosa, H. edentula and H. longula) have been given full taxonomic descriptions, including immature stages. This paper presents a description of the nymphal stages of H. longula (described for the first time).

}, keywords = {mammals, parasite, rodents, sucking lice, taxonomy}, issn = {1314-2828, 1314-2836}, doi = {10.3897/bdj.9.e63747}, url = {https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/63747/}, author = {Kozina, Paulina and Izdebska,J. N. and Rafa{\l} Kowalczyk} } @article {95502, title = {An annotated checklist of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from Slovakia}, journal = {Zootaxa }, volume = {5069}, year = {2021}, month = {Nov-2021}, pages = {1-80}, type = {Monograph}, abstract = {

This checklist includes taxa of chewing lice from published records, old collections, and recently collected material from birds and mammals in Slovakia. Data from established collections correspond to five different periods: (1) 1925\–1939, collection of Karel Pfleger; (2) 1946\–1978, collection of Franti\šek Bal\át; (3) 1974\–1985, collection of Vladim\ír Straka; (4) 1997\–2012, collection of J\án Kri\štof\ík; and (5) 2008\–2019, a collection made by the authors of this paper. A total of 255 species of feather lice\—67 amblyceran species in 22 genera of families Laemobothriidae, Menoponidae and Ricinidae, and 188 ischnoceran species in 54 genera of the family Philopteridae\—and 366 host-louse associations are listed from 171 bird species in 21 orders. In addition, eight species of chewing lice in five genera of the family Trichodectidae are listed from eight species of mammals. Species of chewing lice are reported from about 240 different locations throughout the territory of Slovakia. Also, 43 species of lice and 20 host-louse associations for Slovakia, as well as four host-louse associations for the world, are included as new records. A host-louse list of recorded species is also given. \ 

Erratum: An annotated checklist of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from Slovakia. Zootaxa 2021; 5069: 001080. Zootaxa. 2022; 5091(4): 599. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.4.8 . https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.5091.4.8 See attachment 95502 Erratum.pdf

}, keywords = {birds, checklist, Chewing lice, host-louse associations, mammals, New records, Slovakia, species}, issn = {1175-5334, 1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.5069.1.1}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.5069.1.1}, author = {Lucie Oslejskova and Kri{\v s}tof{\'\i}k,J{\'a}n and Trnka,Alfr{\'e}d and Old{\v r}ich Sychra} }