02181nas a2200181   4500008004100000245013000041210006900171260001200240300001200252490000600264520150000270653002801770653009401798100002301892700002601915700001701941856004101958       2021                        eng d00aLice, Flies, Mites, and Ticks on Raptors (Accipitriformes, Falconiformes and Strigiformes) in Rescue Centers in Central Italy0 aLice Flies Mites and Ticks on Raptors Accipitriformes Falconifor  c04-2021  a61 - 680 v13 a<p>This study aims to assess the occurrence of external arthropods on deceased raptors in rescue centers in Tuscany, central Italy. The examined diurnal raptors include 17 common buzzards (Buteo buteo), two European honey buzzards (Pernis apivorus), seven sparrowhawks (Accipiter nisus), six common kestrels (Falco tinnunculus), a western osprey (Pandion haliaetus), and a peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus). Nocturnal raptors included seven barn owls (Tyto alba), ten tawny owls (Strix aluco), 22 little owls (Athene noctua) and two scops owls (Otus scops). The skin and the feathers of each animal were examined, and arthropods were collected, fixed, and microscopically identified. In 48 out of the 75 examined birds (64%), at least a single arthropod species was found. Identified arthropods included chewing lice (Degeeriella fulva, D. rufa, Colpocephalum turbinatum, C. apivorus, Nosopon lucidum, N. clayae, Craspedorrhyncus platystomus, Laemobothrion tinnunculi, Kurodaia subpachygaster, Strigiphilus cursitans), hippoboscid flies (Ornithomya avicularia), chigger and feather mites (Kramerella lunulata, K. lyra, Kramerella sp., Glaucalges attenuatus, Hieracolichus nisi, Hieracolichus sp., Neotrombicula autumnalis) and ticks (Haemaphysalis sp.). Most of the identified mite, fly and tick species are the first records in raptors in Italy. Moreover, this study presents the first record of Hieracolichus sp. and N. autumnalis mites in P. haliaetus and F. tinnunculus, respectively</p>
10aKurodaia subpachygaster10araptors; Accipitriformes; Falconiformes; Strigiformes; external Arthropods; central Italy1 aGherardi, Riccardo1 aD’Agostino, Claudia1 aPerrucci, S.  uhttps://www.mdpi.com/2673-6772/1/2/801465nas a2200253   4500008004100000245009500041210006900136260000900205300001400214490000700228520071900235653001200954653001800966653001500984653001200999653001501011653003301026653001001059100002101069700001301090700001801103700001701121856007301138       2005                        eng d00aPhoretic association of mites and mallophaga with the pigeon fly Pseudolynchia canariensis0 aPhoretic association of mites and mallophaga with the pigeon fly  c2005  a277 - 2790 v123 a<p>Myialges anchora Trouessart, 1906 and M. lophortyx (Furman &amp; Tarshis, 1953) gravid females, surrounded by clusters of eggs, were found strongly inserted into the cuticle of head, thorax, abdomen, femurs and wings of Pseudolynchia canariensis (Macquart, 1840), a hippoboscid fly parasite of the pigeon. This lousefly results obligatory host for ovigerous females of Myialges and for the development of their eggs, and phoretic host because the dispersal of hatching larvae to new hosts may then occur with dispersal of fly carriers. Together with the Myiolges species, not ovigerous females of Ornithocheyletia hallae Smiley, 1970 and Columbicola columbae (Linnaeus, 1758) were found on the pigeon fly.</p>
10aanimals10abird diseases10aColumbidae10aDiptera10aMallophaga10aMite Infestations/veterinary10amites1 aMacchioni, Fabio1 aMagi, M.1 aMancianti, F.1 aPerrucci, S.  uhttp://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/44607.pdf