TY - JOUR T1 - Chewing lice from high‐altitude and migrating birds in Yunnan, China, with descriptions of two new species of Guimaraesiella JF - Medical and Veterinary Entomology Y1 - 2019 DO - 10.1111/mve.12378 A1 - Daniel R Gustafsson A1 - Lujia Lei A1 - Kang Luo A1 - Xingzhi Chu A1 - Xiucai Zhao A1 - Qiang Zhang A1 - Fasheng Zou SP - 407 EP - 419 KW - Guimaraesiella KW - Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) ailaoshanensis KW - Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) montisodalis KW - Maculinirmus ljosalfar KW - new hosts KW - new location KW - new species KW - Yunnan AB -

In total, 366 birds representing 55 species in 24 families and eight orders, were examined for chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) in two high-altitude localities in Yunnan Province, China. In Ailaoshan, almost all of the birds examined were resident passeriforms, of which 36% were parasitized by chewing lice. In Jinshanyakou, most birds were on migration, and included both passerine and non-passerine birds. Of the passerine birds caught in Jinshanyakou, only one bird (0.7%) was parasitized by chewing lice. The prevalence of Myrsidea and Brueelia-complex lice on birds caught in Ailaoshan was higher than in previous reports. Of the chewing lice identifiable to species level, three represent new records for China: Actornithophilus hoplopteri (Mjöberg, 1910), Maculinirmus ljosalfar Gustafsson & Bush, 2017 and Quadraceps sinensis Timmermann, 1954. In total, 17 new host records are included, of which we describe two as new species in the Brueelia-complex: Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) ailaoshanensis sp. nov. ex Schoeniparus dubius dubius (Hume, 1874) and G. (C.) montisodalis sp. nov. ex Fulvetta manipurensis tonkinensis Delacour & Jabouille, 1930.

VL - 33 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mve.12378 JO - Med Vet Entomol ER -