Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2024 |
Authors: | J. M. Pérez |
Journal: | International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife |
Volume: | 23 |
Issue: | 100903 |
Pagination: | 5 pp |
Date Published: | Apr-01-2024 |
ISSN: | 2213-2244 |
Keywords: | Aegypoecus perspicuous, Aquila adalberti, Aquiligogus barbate, Aquiligogus imperialis, birds, Coloceras brittanicum, conservation, Gyps hymalayensis, Halipeurus abnormis, Hohortsiella streptopeliae, lice, mammals, Neocolpocephalum percnopteri, Nisaetus cirrhatus, Spain, Streptopelia turtur, Turnix sylvatica |
Abstract: | Highlights
Abstract Although the idea of conserving parasites as part of biodiversity is not new, these in general and lice in particular, are not included in the threatened list of invertebrate fauna. Assuming that the conservation status of a lice species is similar to that of its host, the number of threatened lice within the Spanish entomofauna was estimated based on the known host-lice assemblages. The lice parasitizing many of the Spanish birds and mammals are unknown. Overall, I found 6 extinct (EX) species; 4 critically endangered (CR); 15 endangered (EN), 7 vulnerable (VU) and 1 species near threatened (NT), at regional level. Since the status of hosts varies through time and space, it, (together with those of their lice, must be periodically updated. In addition to a number of reasons that justify the conservation of parasites, lice deserve being conserved, particularly, because of their scientific value. |
URL: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224423001049 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.100903 |
How many threatened lice are there? An approximation to the red list of the Spanish Phthiraptera
Taxonomic name:
Phthiraptera (Lice), Heleonomus elbeli (Lice), Anthropoides virgo (Avian), Heleonomus furgalai (Lice), Anthropoides paradisea (Avian), Craspedorrhynchus macrocephalus (Lice), Haliaeetus albicilla (Avian), Degeeriella discocephalus (Lice), Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Avian), Esthiopterum elbeli (Lice), Falcolipeurus sulcifrons (Lice), Turnicola nigrolineatus (Lice), Brueelia minor (Lice), Cummingsiella ovalis (Lice), Neophron percnopterus (Avian), Neophron percnopterus (Avian), Anatoecus regina (Lice), Tadorna ferruginea (Avian), Ardeicola stellaris (Lice), Botaurus stellaris (Avian), Botaurus stellaris (Avian), Ardeiphilus trochioxus (Lice), Austromenopon echinatum (Lice), Calonectris diomedea (Avian), Lanius minor (Avian), Colpocephalum imperialis (Lice), Craspedorrhynchus fraterculus (Lice), Numenius arquata (Avian), Falcolipeurus frater (Lice), Otidoecus houbarae (Lice), Chlamydotis undulata (Avian), Quadraceps obliquus (Lice), Uria aalge (Avian), Uria lomvia (Avian), Saemundssonia Saemundssonia calva (Lice), Gypaetus barbatus (Avian), Degeeriella punctifer (Lice), Falcolipeurus quadripunctatus (Lice), Lunaceps haematopi (Lice), Haematopus ostralegus (Avian), Haematopus ostralegus (Avian), Quadraceps ornatus (Lice), Rissa brevirostris (Avian)
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