TY - JOUR T1 - Un nuevo hospedador para Neotrichodectes chilensis Werneck, 1948 y N. wolffhuegeli (Werneck, 1936) (Mallophaga, Trichodectidae) en Argentina JF - Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina Y1 - 1984 A1 - Armando Conrado Cicchino SP - 326 KW - Argentina KW - mtax KW - Neotrichodectes KW - trichodectidae VL - 43 UR - http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/8840.pdf IS - 1-4 U2 - pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A new species of Felicola (Phthiraptera : Trichodectidae) from the endangered Iberian lynx: another reason to ensure its survival JF - Biodiversity and Conservation Y1 - 2001 A1 - Jesús M. Pérez A1 - Ricardo L. Palma SP - 929 EP - 937 KW - Chewing lice KW - Felicola KW - Iberian KW - isidoroi KW - lice KW - Lorisicola KW - lynx KW - mtax KW - n.sp. KW - parasite KW - PHP KW - sheep KW - soay KW - sp.nov. KW - trichodectidae AB -

A new chewing louse species, Felicola (Lorisicola) isidoroi, is described and illustrated from a male Iberian lynx, Lynx pardinus (Carnivora: Felidae) in southern Spain. Although the new species is based only on a single adult male, it was felt that the scarcity of the host and the distinctiveness of the louse warranted its description. Considering the high degree of host-specificity of this group of lice, the current conservation status of the host as the most vulnerable felid species in the world, and the low prevalence shown by the new louse, we propose the status of endangered for the louse species also. A list of parasites recorded on Lynx pardinus and other carnivore hosts from the Iberian Peninsula is given, and their host-specificity is discussed.

VL - 10 UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.577.9831&rep=rep1&type=pdf IS - 6 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Avian louse phylogeny (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera): a cladistic study based morphology JF - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society Y1 - 2001 DO - https://doi.org/10.1006/zjls.2000.0264 A1 - Vincent Stuart Smith SP - 81 EP - 144 KW - bird KW - Chewing lice KW - classification KW - coevolution KW - congruence KW - cospeciation KW - gopher KW - host KW - Ischnocera KW - lice KW - mtax KW - ontogeny KW - parasite KW - PHP KW - Phthiraptera KW - Phylogeny KW - pocket KW - selection KW - sexual KW - trichodectidae AB -

The louse suborder Ischnocera (Phthiraptera) contains 3,060 currently described species from over 150 genera. These lice are permanent obligatory ectoparasites of a diverse selection of birds and mammals with a worldwide distribution. They have historically played a major role in the development of our ideas on coevolution, and species hosted by mammals have been used extensively as model organism for the study of cospeciation. In contrast, avian taxa comprising 90% of ischnoceran species have been largely neglected due to a lack of data on their wider systematics. A comparative study of based on adult and instar morphology of avian lice yielded 138 characters from 56 species (51 genera), all of which are figured or discussed for the first time. A further five outgroup taxa were examined from the mammalian ischnoceran family Trichodectidae. Phylogenetic analyses of these data produced three most parsimonious cladograms, the strict consensus of which is highly resolved and broadly consistent with previous classifications. Morphological character variation is extensive, and nymphal character traits are essential to identify instances of convergent evolution in adult morphology. The role of ontogeny in the development of the major character complexes of the head and abdomen is discussed and its implications for further work on the phylogeny of avian Ischnocera is considered. Comparison with host taxonomy reveals a pattern that is broadly consistent with a hypothesis of cospeciation. However, host - parasite associations are complex and difficult to interpret due to the low sample size. The role of niche specialisation to explain the presence of multiple unrelated lineages on the same host taxon is considered.

VL - 132 UR - https://phthiraptera.myspecies.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/39652.pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Two new subgenera of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) from pocket gophers (Rodentia: Geomyidae), with a key to all included taxa JF - Journal of Medical Entomology Y1 - 1994 A1 - Hellenthal,Ronald A. A1 - Roger D. Price SP - 450 EP - 466 KW - complex KW - geomydoecus KW - mtax KW - PHP KW - thomomydoecus KW - trichodectidae AB -

Proof copy: The new subgenera Thaelerius and Jamespattonius are described, respectively, for the eight species of Geomydoecus in the thomomyus complex of lice and the four species of Thomomydoecus in the wardi complex. Except for T. byersi Hellenthal & Price from Thomomys bottae (Eydoux & Gervais), these lice are restricted to the Thomomys talpoides (Richardson) complex of pocket gophers and are the only lice found on these hosts. A key is given for the identification of the currently recognized 122 taxa of pocket gopher lice.

VL - 31 UR - http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/0825.pdf IS - 3 U2 - pdf ER -