02515nas a2200265   4500008004100000022002500041245020100066210006900267260001600336300001000352520162400362653001001986653001601996653001802012653000902030653001802039653001202057100001602069700002202085700001802107700002602125700001602151700001802167856006402185       2022                        eng d  a0307-6970, 1365-311300aHitchhiking into the future on a fly: Toward a better understanding of phoresy and avian louse evolution (Phthiraptera) by screening bird carcasses for phoretic lice on hippoboscid flies (Diptera)0 aHitchhiking into the future on a fly Toward a better understandi  cFeb-18-2022  a10 pp3 a<p>Many phoretic relationships between arthropods are understudied because of taxonomic impediments. We here illustrate for avian lice riding on hippoboscid flies how new natural history data on phoretic relationships can be acquired quickly with modern and cost-effective barcoding techniques. Most avian lice are host-specific, but some can arrive on new hosts by hitchhiking on hippoboscid flies that feed on bird blood. Our summary of the literature yielded 254 published records which we here show to belong to two large and 13 small interaction networks for birds, flies, and lice. In order to generate new records, we developed a protocol based on screening bird carcasses sourced with the help of citizen scientists. The inspection of 131 carcasses from Singapore led to the first record of a Guimaraesiella Eichler (Ischnocera: Philopteridae) louse species riding on Ornithoica momiyamai Kishida flies collected from a pitta carcass. Phoresy may explain why this louse species is now known from three phylogenetically disparate hosts (Pitta moluccensis (M&uuml;ller), Ficedula zanthopygia (Hay); Pardaliparus elegans Lesson). A second new case of phoresy enhanced a large interaction network dominated by Ornithophila metallica (Schiner), a cosmopolitan and polyphagous hippoboscid fly species. Overall, we argue that many two- and three-way phoretic relationships between arthropods (e.g., mites, pseudoscorpions, beetles, flies) can be resolved with cost-effective large-scale NGS barcoding, which can be used to partially overcome taxonomic impediments by pre-sorting specimens for taxonomic revision.</p>
10abirds10acoevolution10aHippoboscidae10alice10aNGS barcoding10aPhoresy1 aLee, Leshon1 aTan, David, J. X.1 aOboňa, Jozef1 aGustafsson, Daniel, R1 aAng, Yuchen1 aMeier, Rudolf  uhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12539?af=R