Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1965 |
Authors: | T. C. Maa, Kuo J. S. |
Journal: | Journal of Medical Entomology |
Volume: | 1 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pagination: | 395 - 401 (Mallophaga: 395-398) |
Date Published: | 1965 |
Abstract: | In winter 1963–64 in lowlands of central and southern Taiwan, 1561 freshly collected wild birds of 105 species were examined for arthropod parasites. An average of 65% of the birds were found harboring Mallophaga; 26%, Hippoboscidae; 2%, Ixodidae; 28%, chiggers or trombiculid larvae; 45%, feather mites; and 19%, nasal mites. No bedbugs or fleas were revealed. Parasitism rate, notably of chiggers and feather mites in a narrow, densely forested valley was generally higher than in a wide deforested or thinly forested area. Eleven species of Hippoboscidae were collected; their host range and preference, species association, as well as disharmonic distributional pattern, are discussed. Determinations of the other parasites are not yet completed. |
URL: | https://academic.oup.com/jme/article-abstract/1/4/395/872105 |
DOI: | 10.1093/jmedent/1.4.395 |
A field survey of arthropod parasites of birds in Taiwan
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