New records of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) parasites of Brazilian Anhimidae, Threskiornithidae, and Aramidae (Aves)

Kamila Mayumi Duarte Kuabara; Michel Paiva Valim; Luís Fábio Silveira

doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2023.63.020

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Kamila M.D. Kuabara Drexel University, Department of Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Department of Ornithology. Philadelphia, PA, United States. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4425-004X
Michel P. Valim Universidade Iguaçu (UniG). Nova Iguaçu, RJ, Brasil; Universidade Santa Úrsula (USU). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2632-7832
Luís Fábio Silveira Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Museu de Zoologia (MZUSP). São Paulo, SP, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2576-7657

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https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2023.63.020

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Ibises, Limpkins, Louse, Screamers, spoonbills

Abstract

We present records of chewing lice collected from bird skins of the families Anhimidae, Threskiornithidae, and Aramidae deposited at the Museum of Zoology of University of São Paulo (MZUSP). Twenty-one chewing lice species from the suborders Amblycera and Ischnocera were identified, seven of which are new records for Brazil. These species belong to the genera Ardeicola (1), Colpocephalum (3), Ibidoecus (1), and Plegadiphilus (2). Furthermore, ten species were recorded from new localities in Brazil, and Colpocephalum cayennensis Price & Emerson, 1967 is for the first time recorded with precise locality in the country. Lastly, the bird host subspecies Phimosus infuscatus nudifrons (Spix, 1825) (Threskiornithidae) was for the first time found to harbor lice species.

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New records of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) parasites of Brazilian Anhimidae, Threskiornithidae, and Aramidae (Aves)

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