02678nas a2200337   4500008004100000022001400041245022700055210006900282260001600351300001400367490000700381520158500388653001701973653001601990653001602006653002302022653001302045653003402058653001602092653001502108653001202123653001302135653001702148100002102165700001802186700002502204700002302229700001402252700001902266856005502285       2014                        eng d  a1021-358900aAmblyceran Chewing Lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera) from Wild Passerines (Passeriformes) in South Africa, with a Note to Their Phylogenetic Relationships and with the Description of a New Species in the Genus <i>Myrsidea</i>0 aAmblyceran Chewing Lice Phthiraptera Amblycera from Wild Passeri  cJan-09-2014  a589 - 6010 v223 a<p>A total of 655 individuals of 110 passerine species belonging to 28 families were examined for chewing lice in South Africa. A total of 80 (12 %) birds of 33 species were parasitized with amblyceran chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera) belonging to three genera: Menacanthus, Myrsidea and Ricinus. In this paper we report the occurrence of 11 species of chewing lice identified from 38 birds of 16 species. Three samples of chewing lice containing only nymphs were identified to the generic level only. Description and illustrations are given for Myrsidea oatleyi Sychra &amp; Halajian, sp. n. ex Pogonocichla stellata (Vieillot, 1818) (Muscicapidae). Our data represent the first louse records for Lanius collaris Linnaeus, 1766 (Laniidae), Cossypha dichroa (Gmelin, 1789) and Pogonocichla stellata (Muscicapidae), and Andropadus importunus (Vieillot, 1818) and Chlorocichla flaviventris (A. Smith, 1834) (Pycnonotidae). Records of new host&ndash;louse associations are: Cecropis abyssinica (Gu&eacute;rin-Meneville, 1843) (Hirundinidae) for Myrsidea rustica (Giebel, 1874); Cossypha dichroa (Muscicapidae) for Ricinus mugimaki (Uchida, 1915); Lanius collaris (Laniidae) for Menacanthus camelinus (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1874); Ploceus intermedius R&uuml;ppell, 1845 (Ploceidae) for Myrsidea textoris Klockenhoff, 1984; and Prinia flavicans (Vieillot, 1820) (Cisticolidae) for Menacanthus curuccae (Schrank, 1776). A portion of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene for some species of chewing lice was sequenced in order to assess their genetic divergences.</p>
10aChewing lice10aMenacanthus10aMenoponidae10amitochondrial COI.10aMyrsidea10anew host–louse associations10anew species10aPasserines10aRicinus10asequence10aSouth Africa1 aSychra, Oldřich1 aHalajian, Ali1 aLuus-Powell, Wilmien1 aEngelbrecht, Derek1 aSymes, C.1 aPapoušek, Ivo  uhttp://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.4001/003.022.0320