Notes on parasites of the long-billed curlew, Numenius americanus, from eastern New Mexico

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1981
Authors:W. F. Butler, Pfaffenberger G. S.
Journal:Journal of wildlife diseases
Volume:17
Issue:4
Pagination:537 - 538
Date Published:1981
ISBN Number:0090-3558
Keywords:Acanthocephala, animals, Bird parasites, Cestoda, Mallophaga, New Mexico
Abstract:

Two long-billed curlews (Numenius americanus Bechstein) were collected near Elida, Roosevelt Co., New Mexico. Two species of endoparasites were recovered, the cestode Choanotaenia numenii Owen, 1946 and the acanthocephalan Mediorhynchus papillosus Van Cleave, 1916. Three mallophagan species, Cummingsiella longistricola (Wilson, 1937), Austromenopon crocatum (Nitzsch, 1866) and Lunaceps numenii numenii (Denny, 1844), were also recovered. All represent new distribution records while M. papillosus and L. numenii numenii also represent new host records.

URL:https://www.jwildlifedis.org/doi/10.7589/0090-3558-17.4.537
DOI:10.7589/0090-3558-17.4.537
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