| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Authors: | M. Paiva Valim, Reiley B. M. |
| Journal: | Journal of Medical Entomology |
| ISSN: | 0022-2585 |
| Abstract: | We examined Swainson’s warblers (Limnothlypis swainsonii (Audubon, 1834), Aves: Parulidae) for lice fauna during 2 yr at three study sites in Arkansas, USA. A total of 66 individuals were examined; eight birds (10.6%) were parasitized with 16 lice of two new species belonging to two genera Myrsidea Waterson, 1915 (Amblycera: Menoponidae) and Brueelia Kéler, 1936 (Ischnocera: Philopteridae). Parasitological parameter data are given on the prevalence of lice on Swainson’s warblers. Species descriptions and illustrations are provided for Myrsidea bensoni sp. nov. and Brueelia limnothlypiae sp. nov.; including a key for females of the genus Myrsidea that parasitize Parulidae (Passeriformes). |
| URL: | http://jme.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/08/05/jme.tjv110 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jme/tjv110 |