| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Authors: | P. Shrestha, Dik, B., Maharjan, M. |
| Journal: | Zootaxa |
| Volume: | 4691 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Pagination: | 491 - 500 |
| Date Published: | 11-2019 |
| ISSN: | 1175-5326 |
| Keywords: | Aegypoecus bengalensis, Chewing lice, ectoparasites, Gyps bengalensis, Nepal, new species, white-rumped vulture |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to record the species of chewing lice parasitising Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin, 1788), the white-rumped vulture, in Pithauli, Nawalparasi District, Nepal, from February to June 2017. Three louse species were identified: Cuculiphilus (Aegypiphilus) gypsis (Eichler, 1944), Colpocephalum sp., and the new species Aegypoecus bengalensis, described herein. |
| URL: | https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4691.5.4 |
| DOI: | 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.5 |
| Short Title: | Zootaxa |
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