@article {94261, title = {Redescriptions and new host records of chewing lice of the genus Ricinus~(Phthiraptera: Ricinidae) from the Neotropical Region}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4154}, year = {2016}, month = {Jul-08-2017}, pages = {179 - 189}, abstract = {

Two species of the chewing louse genus Ricinus are redescribed and illustrated: Ricinus dalgleishi Nelson, 1972 from Helmitheros vermivorum (Gmelin, 1789), a new host-louse association, and Ricinus tanagraephilus Eichler, 1956 from Euphonia laniirostris d\&$\#$39;Orbigny \& Lafresnaye, 1837. Also, new host-louse associations are recorded for Ricinus vireoen- sis Nelson, 1972 from Vireo pallens Salvin, 1863, and for females of an unidentified species of Ricinus sp. from Corytho- pis delalandi (Lesson, 1831), which are described and illustrated.

}, keywords = {Chewing lice, Costa Rica, Honduras, new host-louse associations, Paraguay, Passerines, redescriptions}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4154.210.11646/zootaxa.4154.2.5}, url = {http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4154.2}, author = {MIROSLAV VALAN and Old{\v r}ich Sychra and Ivan Liter{\'a}k} }