Morphological revision of the hyperdiverse Brueelia-complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) with new taxa, checklists and generic key

Gustafsson, Daniel; Bush, Sarah E.

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4313.1.1

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“…The three most common genera of Philopteridae found in our study were Philopterus , Brueelia and Rallicola. Of these, Philopterus was the most widely distributed genus in this family, occurring on a diverse array of passerine host families and a single non-passerine host species (42 bird species). Brueelia , the most speciose genus of lice in the family Philopteridae, infects avian hosts from many orders, including Coraciiformes, Passeriformes and Piciformes Valim and Weckstein (2011) Valim and Weckstein (2013) Gustafsson and Bush (2017). Similarly, we found Brueelia on 30 bird species, including two species of Coraciiformes, two species of Piciformes and 26 species of Passeriformes.…”

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Composition and distribution of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) on Colombian and Peruvian birds: New data on louse-host association in the Neotropics

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Londoño

Johnson

et al. 2018

BDJ

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The diversity of permanent ectoparasites is likely underestimated due to the difficulty of collecting samples. Lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) are permanent ectoparasites of birds and mammals; there are approximately 5,000 species described and many more undescribed, particularly in the Neotropics. We document the louse genera collected from birds sampled in Peru (2006–2007) and Colombia (2009–2016), from 22 localities across a variety of ecosystems, ranging from lowland tropical forest and Llanos to high elevation cloud forest. We identified 35 louse genera from a total of 210 bird species belonging to 37 avian families and 13 orders. These genera belong to two suborders and three families of lice: Amblycera, families Menoponidae (present on 131 bird species) and Ricinidae (39 bird species); and Ischnocera, family Philopteridae (119 bird species). We compared our bird-louse associations with data in Price et al. (2003) and recently published Neotropical studies. The majority of bird-louse associations (51.9%) were new, with most of these coming from Passeriformes, the most diverse avian order, with the most poorly known louse fauna. Finally, we found geographical variation in louse infestation and prevalence rates. With this study, we report the first comprehensive documentation of bird-louse associations for Colombia and substantially increase the known associations documented for Peru.

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Composition and distribution of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) on Colombian and Peruvian birds: New data on louse-host association in the Neotropics

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“…Remarkably, G. montisodalis is also somewhat similar to species in the G. diaprepes species group, only known from Hawai'i and the Andes (Gustafsson & Bush, ). Species in this group also have prominent posterolateral rugose nodi, extensive lateral nodi proximal to the rugose nodi, and males lack aps on tergopleurite IV.…”

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“…Terminology for morphological and setal characters (and consequent abbreviations) is used in accordance with Gustafsson & Bush () and Gustafsson et al . (): anterior dorsal seta ( ads ); anterior mesosomal seta ( ames ); accessory post‐spiracular seta ( aps ); dorsal submarginal seta ( dsms ); gonoporal posterior mesosomal seta ( gpmes ); lateral posterior mesosomal seta ( lpmes ); preocular seta ( pos ); parameral setae 1–2 ( pst1–2 ); vulval marginal seta ( vms ); vulval oblique seta ( vos ); vulval submarginal seta ( vss ).…”

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“…Lice in the Brueelia-complex were identified to genus and, where possible, species, using the keys provided in Gustafsson & Bush (2017), Gustafsson et al (2018aGustafsson et al ( , 2018cGustafsson et al ( , 2019. Lice in the genus Myrsidea will form the core of a partial revision of this genus by the second investigator of the present study (L. Lei) and were not identified to species level here.…”

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Chewing lice from high‐altitude and migrating birds in Yunnan, China, with descriptions of two new species of Guimaraesiella

Gustafsson¹,

Lei

Luo

et al. 2019

Medical Vet Entomology

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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. This published work has been registered in ZooBank, http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9FC3D8EE-2CED-4DBE-A1DB-471B71260D27.

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“…To date, 76 species of chewing lice are known from babblers (Price et al 2003, Najer et al 2012, Gustafsson and Bush 2017, Mey 2017, Gustafsson et al 2018. Amblyceran lice of the genus Myrsidea Waterston, 1915 have been described from several hosts of the Leiothrichidae and from one host species each in the Pellorneidae and Timaliidae (Ansari 1951, Tandan and Clay 1971, Tandan 1972, Rai 1978, Price et al 2006, Najer et al 2012.…”

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Seven new species of Resartor Gustafsson et Bush, 2017 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from Asian ʻbabblers' (Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae, Paradoxornithidae)

Gustafsson¹,

Chu²,

Bush

et al. 2018

FOLIA PARASIT

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Seven new species of chewing lice in the genus Resartor Gustafsson et Bush, 2017 are described and illustrated. They are: Resartor albofulvus sp. n. ex Heterophasia desgodinsi desgodinsi (Oustalet); Resartor apimimus sp. n. ex Heterophasia picaoides wrayi (Ogilvie-Grant); Resartor aterrimus sp. n. ex Minla ignotincta mariae La Touche; Resartor extraneus sp. n. ex Lioparus chrysotis swinhoii (Verreaux); Resartor guangxiensis sp. n. ex Trochalopteron milnei sinianum Stresemann; Resartor longisuturalis sp. n. ex Actinodura cyanouroptera wingatei (Ogilvie-Grant); Resartor seminudus sp. n. ex Leiothrix argentauris tahanensis (Yen). All species differ in the shape of the head, shape of the male genitalia and abdominal chaetotaxy. A checklist and a key to the species of Resartor are provided.

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Morphological revision of the hyperdiverse Brueelia-complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) with new taxa, checklists and generic key

Cited by 1,940 publications

References 72 publications

Composition and distribution of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) on Colombian and Peruvian birds: New data on louse-host association in the Neotropics

Composition and distribution of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) on Colombian and Peruvian birds: New data on louse-host association in the Neotropics

Chewing lice from high‐altitude and migrating birds in Yunnan, China, with descriptions of two new species of Guimaraesiella

Seven new species of Resartor Gustafsson et Bush, 2017 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from Asian ʻbabblers' (Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae, Paradoxornithidae)

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