@article {95750, title = {Comprehensive investigation of ectoparasite community and abundance across life history stages of avian host}, journal = {Journal of Zoology}, volume = {278}, year = {2009}, month = {May-21-2009}, pages = {91-99}, abstract = {

Fitness consequences of ectoparasitism are expressed over the lifetime of their hosts in relation to variation in composition and abundance of the entire ectoparasite community and across all host life history stages. However, most empirical studies have focused on parasite species-specific effects and only during some life history stages. We conducted a systematic, year-long survey of an ectoparasite community in a wild population of house finches Carpodacus mexicanus M\üller in south-western Arizona, with a specific focus on ecological and behavioral correlates of ectoparasite prevalence and abundance. We investigated five ectoparasite species: two feather mite genera \– both novel for house finches \–Strelkoviacarus (Analgidae) and Dermoglyphus (Dermoglyphidae), the nest mite Pellonyssus reedi (Macronyssidae), and the lice Menacanthus alaudae (Menoponidae) and Ricinus microcephalus (Ricinidae). Mite P. reedi and louse Menacanthus alaudae abundance peaked during host breeding season, especially in older birds, whereas feather mite abundance peaked during molt. Overall, breeding birds had more P. reedi than non-breeders, molting males had greater abundance of feather mites than molting females and non-molting males, and young males had more feather mites than older males. We discuss these results in relation to natural history of ectoparasites under study and suggest that ectoparasites might synchronize their life cycles to those of their hosts. Pronounced differences in relative abundance of ectoparasite species among host\&$\#$39;s life history stages have important implications for evolution of parasite-specific host defenses

}, keywords = {birds, ectoparasites, host{\textendash}parasite interaction, life history}, issn = {0952-8369, 1469-7998}, doi = {10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00547.x}, url = {https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00547.x}, author = {T. L. Hamstra and A. V. Badyaev} } @article {47187, title = {Local variation of haemoparasites and arthropod vectors, and intestinal protozoans in spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) from four montane wadis in the St Katherine Protectorate, Sinai, Egypt}, journal = {Journal of Zoology}, volume = {270}, year = {2006}, month = {09-2006}, pages = {9 - 24}, abstract = {

Haemoparasite infections and infestations with potential arthropod vectors were assessed in spiny mice Acomys dimidiatus from four wadis in the arid montane region of the southern Sinai in Egypt in late summer 2000. Five taxa of haemoparasites (Haemobartonella spp. 80\%, Hepatozoon sp. 20.6\%, Trypanosoma acomys 17.5\%, Bartonella spp. 2.5\% and Babesia sp. 1.9\%) were recorded. Additionally, infections with two intestinal protozoa, Cryptosporidium cf. parvum and Giardia sp., were quantified, both with similar prevalence (17.0 and 17.6\%, respectively). 17.9\% of mice carried fleas (Parapulex chephrensis and Xenopsylla dipodilli) and 32.1\% had lice (Polyplax oxyrrhyncha and Polyplax brachyrrhycha combined). Marked differences in the prevalence and abundance of infections were detected between the four wadis, particularly with respect to T. acomys, Hepatozoon sp. and fleas, which were largely aggregated in just two of the four sites (Wadis Gharaba and Tlah). In contrast, the intestinal protozoa were more common, and abundance was higher, in Wadi El Arbaein. Intrinsic factors also contributed to a variation in prevalence, with strong age-dependent increases in the prevalence and abundance of Hepatozoon sp., higher mean species richness, prevalence of Cr. cf. parvum, and abundance of Giardia sp. and Hepatozoon sp. in female mice. Haemobartonella spp. showed an age-dependent reduction in abundance and higher abundance among male mice. A weak association was found between the prevalence of T. acomys and its putative flea vector. The single extrinsic factor in the study, site of capture, was more important than the intrinsic factors in explaining variation in the prevalence and abundance of haemoparasites, intestinal protozoa and arthropod vectors. In the high mountains of southern Sinai, the parasite fauna of spiny mice is distinct in each wadi, and hence we expect the parasites to exert spatially different co-evolutionary pressures on their hosts, with a resultant variation in host life histories.

}, keywords = {cryptosporidium, fleas, lice, Polyplax}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00089.x}, url = {https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00089.x}, author = {Bajer,A. and Harris,P. D. and Behnke,J. M. and Bednarska,M. and Barnard,C. J. and Sherif,N. and Clifford,S. and Gilbert,F. S. and Si{\'n}ski,E. and Zalat,S.} } @article {40382, title = {Persistence of passerine ectoparasites on the diederik cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius}, journal = {Journal of Zoology}, volume = {244}, year = {1998}, month = {1998}, pages = {145 - 153}, abstract = {

Using the African diederik cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius and four sympatric passerine foster species in the subfamily Ploceinae, we show that nestling cuckoos are infested by feather lice and mites derived from the ectoparasite fauna typical of the foster species. Adult cuckoos had five species of lice and mites normally found on ploceines, which demonstrates that these ectoparasites are able to survive on foreign hosts. This is the first record of persistence of passerine ectoparasites on a cuckoo. Adult diederik cuckoos also harboured four species of mites and lice specific to cuckoos; since these were not detected on nestlings, cuckoo-specific lice and mites apparently transfer to cuckoos after they leave the nest. Contrary to prediction, ectoparasites with a life cycle involving a permanent association with their host (feather mites and lice) were more likely to transfer to cuckoo nestlings than ectoparasites which spend part of their life cycle away from their host (haematophagous mites and phoretic skin mites). New host records are established for the lice genera Brueelia, Cuculoecus, Machaerilaemus, Myrsidea, Philopterus as well as for the mite species Microlichus americanus, Ornithonyssus bursa, Ornithocheyla megaphallos, Pellonyssus reedi, Pteronyssoides passeris, Pternonyssus glossifer, Trouessartia baupi, T. carpi, Xolalges plocei, X. scaurus and the mite genus Passeroptes.

}, keywords = {Acari, associations, biology, Euplectes, feather, host, lice, mites, orix, Phthiraptera, Ploceus, switching, transmission}, doi = {DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1998.tb00016.x}, url = {https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1998.tb00016.x}, author = {Lindholm,A. K. and Venter,G. J. and Eddie A. Ueckermann} } @article {40358, title = {The acquisition of host-specific feather lice by common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus)}, journal = {Journal of Zoology}, volume = {244}, year = {1998}, month = {1998}, pages = {167 - 173}, abstract = {This study addresses the question of how three species of flightless feather lice (Phthiraptera) specific to a brood parasitic bird, the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), are transmitted from one cuckoo generation to the next in the absence of any direct contact between parent and young. None of 21 cuckoo nestlings examined shortly before fledging carried cuckoo lice; nor were any lice found in 19 nests in which cuckoos had laid. Cuckoos returning to Japan for their first breeding season were as likely to be lousy as, and carried similar louse loads to, older birds. These field observations are consistent with data arising from examination of museum skins from European breeding areas and from African wintering areas, and it is concluded that cuckoos acquire their lice between leaving the nest in summer and returning to the breeding grounds the following spring. This acquisition probably occurs via direct body-to-body contact between cuckoos, a supposition bolstered by some observations.}, keywords = {Amblycera, Cuculus, ecology, host, Insecta, Ischnocera, Phoresy, Phthiraptera, specificity}, url = {http://phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/40358.pdf}, author = {Brooke,M. de L. and Nakamura,H.} } @article {39893, title = {Sucking louse (Hoplopleura erratica - Insecta, Anoplura) exchange between individuals of a wild population of Eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus, in Central Tennessee, USA}, journal = {Journal of Zoology}, volume = {201}, year = {1983}, month = {1983}, pages = {117 - 123}, abstract = {Adult Hoplopleura erratica sucking lice were labelled [sic] using a setal clipping technique. Host exchange for lice marked in this manner was monitored through a small population of dye-marked Eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus, the normal host of this ectoparasite. in a deciduous woodland in central Tennessee. U.S.A. This was accomplished by frequent host live-trapping, anaesthetization and pelage examinations. Louse transfer was most prevalent during the host summer mating period, presumably because of increased chipmunk contacts. At this time, 66.7\% of marked adult lice within the host population transferred. Exchanges between opposite sex hosts were more common and adult males donated most lice: no juvenile chipmunks were recorded as louse donors. A greater proportion of male than female lice transferred. Using the exclusive boundary strip method. all exchanging chipmunks had overlapping ranges or shared at least one boundary line.}, url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/2377.pdf}, author = {Lance A. Durden} } @article {38873, title = {The Phthiraptera parasitic on flamingoes (Phoenicopteridae: Aves)}, journal = {Journal of Zoology}, volume = {172}, year = {1974}, note = {a; Species of the amblycerans Colpocephalum and Trinoton, and species of ischnocerans Anaticola and Anatoecus are associated from flamingoes. This paper details these relationships and describes Anatoecus keymeri sp. n.and Anaticola jamesi sp. n..}, month = {1974}, pages = {483 - 490}, abstract = {

The phthirapteran parasites on the flamingoes are listed and their dstribution discussed. New species of Anaticola and Anatoecus are described.

}, keywords = {mtax, PHP}, url = {https://phthiraptera.myspecies.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/0202.pdf}, author = {Theresa Clay} }