Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Authors: | D. R. Gustafsson, Lei, L., Luo, K., Chu, X., Zhao, X., Zhang, Q., Zou, F. |
Journal: | Medical and Veterinary Entomology |
Volume: | 33 |
Pagination: | 407 - 419 |
Date Published: | April 2019 |
Type of Article: | On line version before print version |
ISSN: | 0269-283X |
Keywords: | Guimaraesiella, Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) ailaoshanensis, Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) montisodalis, Maculinirmus ljosalfar, new hosts, new location, new species, Yunnan |
Abstract: | 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. |
URL: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mve.12378 |
DOI: | 10.1111/mve.12378 |
Short Title: | Med Vet Entomol |
Chewing lice from high‐altitude and migrating birds in Yunnan, China, with descriptions of two new species of Guimaraesiella
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