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Sychra O, Sušilová L, Najer T, Literák I, Papoušek I, Martinů J, Trnka A, Capek M. Chewing lice of Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus) and diversity of louse-host associations of birds in reed beds in Slovakia. Parasite 2024; 31:8. [PMID: 38334688 PMCID: PMC10854484 DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2024006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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A total of 1,621 wild birds representing 34 species were examined for chewing lice in reed beds in southwestern Slovakia during the pre-breeding migration 2008-2009 and 2016-2019. A total of 377 (23.3%) birds representing 15 species were parasitized by 26 species of chewing lice of 12 genera. Dominant genera were Penenirmus (with dominance 32.6%) and Menacanthus (29.4%), followed by Brueelia (12.6%), Acronirmus (10.8%), Philopterus (7.7%), and Myrsidea (4.2%). We evaluated 33 host-louse associations including both 1) host-generalist, parasitizing more than one host species and host-specific lice, occurring only on a single host species, and 2) lice species with large range geographic distribution, reported across the range of the distribution of their hosts and lice species with only occasional records from a limited area within the range of their hosts. The Bearded Reedling, Panurus biarmicus (Linnaeus, 1758), was parasitized by two species of chewing lice, Menacanthus brelihi Balát, 1981 and Penenirmus visendus (Złotorzycka, 1964), with conspicuously different prevalences (5.6% vs. 58.2%, respectively; n = 251). New material enabled us to redescribe both species of lice: the first one is resurrected from previous synonymy as a valid species. A fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene was sequenced from these two species in order to assess their relative phylogenetic position within their genera. Our study demonstrates the importance of an adequate identification of parasites, especially on rarely examined and endangered hosts.
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- Oldřich Sychra
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Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary Sciences Brno Palackeho tr. 1946/1 61242 Brno Czechia
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Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary Sciences Brno Palackeho tr. 1946/1 61242 Brno Czechia
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Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Kamycka 129 165 00 Prague 6 Czechia
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Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL 61820 USA
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Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary Sciences Brno Palackeho tr. 1946/1 61242 Brno Czechia
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Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary Sciences Brno Palackeho tr. 1946/1 61242 Brno Czechia
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Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia České Budějovice Czechia
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Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, v. v. i České Budějovice Czechia
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Department of Biology, University of Trnava Priemyselna 4 918 43 Trnava Slovakia
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Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, v. v. i Kvetna 8 603 65 Brno Czechia
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Kolencik S, Johnson KP, Grant AR, Valim MP, Kuabara KMD, Weckstein JD, Allen JM. Molecular phylogenetics of the avian feather louse Philopterus-complex (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2022; 174:107556. [PMID: 35738542 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The avian feather louse Philopterus-complex (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) currently contains 12 genera that have been grouped together because of shared morphological characteristics. Although previously lumped into a single genus (Philopterus), more recent morphological treatments have separated the group into several different genera. Here we evaluate the status of these genera using DNA sequence data from 118 ingroup specimens belonging to ten genera in the Philopterus-complex: Australophilopterus Mey, 2004, Cinclosomicola Mey 2004, Clayiella Eichler, 1940, Corcorides Mey, 2004, Mayriphilopterus Mey, 2004, Paraphilopterus Mey 2004, Philopteroides Mey 2004, Philopterus Nitzsch, 1818, Tyranniphilopterus Mey, 2004, and Vinceopterus Gustafsson, Lei, Chu, Zou, and Bush, 2019. Our sampling includes 97 new louse-host association records. Our analyses suggest that the genus Debeauxoecus Conci, 1941, parasitic on pittas (Aves: Pittidae), is outside of the Philopterus-complex, and that there is strong support for the monophyly of a group containing the remaining genera from the complex. Some diverse genera, such as Philopterus (sensu stricto) and Mayriphilopterus are supported as monophyletic, whereas the genera Australophilopterus, Philopteroides, and Tyranniphilopterus are not. The present study is the largest phylogenetic reconstruction of avian lice belonging to the Philopterus-complex to date and suggests that further generic revision is needed in the group to integrate molecular and morphological information.
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- Stanislav Kolencik
- Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89557, USA.
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- Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- Universidade Iguaçu, Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro 28300-000, Brazil
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- Department of Ornithology, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and Department of Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, Drexel University, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA
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- Department of Ornithology, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and Department of Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, Drexel University, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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Tian C, Yu X, Wang Z, Zou F, Gustafsson DR. PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF GUIMARAESIELLA AND PRICEIELLA (PHTHIRAPTERA: ISCHNOCERA) FROM BABBLERS AND NON-BABBLERS (PASSERIFORMES). J Parasitol 2022; 108:107-121. [PMID: 35240688 DOI: 10.1645/21-91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Babblers (Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae, Pellorneidae, Timaliidae) are parasitized by more genera of lice of the Brueelia complex than any other group of songbirds. However, the relationships of these louse groups are poorly known. We here try to resolve the relationships between Guimaraesiella (Guimaraesiella), Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella), and their putative sister group Priceiella by using mitochondrial cytochrome c subunit 1 (COI), 12S, and 16S sequences. Our data indicate that G. (Cicchinella) forms a monophyletic group of lice from babblers, but the relationship between G. (Guimaraesiella), G. (Cicchinella), and Priceiella could not be resolved. Moreover, the position of the third lineage of babbler-specific lice, containing only the aberrant species Guimaraesiella montisodalis, is unresolved. Morphologically, this species is different from all other Guimaraesiella in several characters and may represent a distinct lineage. We present some data indicating that (1) the Nanling Mountain range may be a biogeographical barrier to chewing lice and (2) host participation in mixed-species feeding flocks may influence host associations in Brueelia-complex chewing lice.
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- Chunpo Tian
- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, 620 West Chang'an Street, Chang'an District, Xi'an City, 710119, Shaanxi Province, China.,Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, Guangdong Province, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, 620 West Chang'an Street, Chang'an District, Xi'an City, 710119, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, Guangdong Province, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, Guangdong Province, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, Guangdong Province, China
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Diversity and host associations of Myrsidea chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) in the tropical rainforest of Malaysian Borneo. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY-PARASITES AND WILDLIFE 2020; 13:231-247. [PMID: 33294362 PMCID: PMC7691129 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2020.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The tropical rainforests of Sundaland are a global biodiversity hotspot increasingly threatened by human activities. While parasitic insects are an important component of the ecosystem, their diversity and parasite-host relations are poorly understood in the tropics. We investigated parasites of passerine birds, the chewing lice of the speciose genus MyrsideaWaterston, 1915 (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) in a natural rainforest community of Malaysian Borneo. Based on morphology, we registered 10 species of lice from 14 bird species of six different host families. This indicated a high degree of host specificity and that the complexity of the system could be underestimated with the potential for cryptic lineages/species to be present. We tested the species boundaries by combining morphological, genetic and host speciation diversity. The phylogenetic relationships of lice were investigated by analyzing the partial mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and the nuclear elongation factor alpha (EF-1α) genes sequences of the species. This revealed a monophyletic group of Myrsidea lineages from seven hosts of the avian family Pycnonotidae, one host of Timaliidae and one host of Pellorneidae. However, species delimitation methods supported the species boundaries hypothesized by morphological studies and confirmed that four species of Myrsidea are not single host specific. Cophylogenetic analysis by both distance-based test ParaFit and event-based method Jane confirmed overall congruence between the phylogenies of Myrsidea and their hosts. In total we recorded three cospeciation events for 14 host-parasite associations. However only one host-parasite link (M. carmenae and their hosts Terpsiphone affinis and Hypothymis azurea) was significant after the multiple testing correction in ParaFit. Four new species are described: Myrsidea carmenaesp.n. ex Hypothymis azurea and Terpsiphone affinis, Myrsidea franciscaesp.n. ex Rhipidura javanica, Myrsidea ramonisp.n. ex Copsychus malabaricus stricklandii, and Myrsidea victoriaesp.n. ex. Turdinus sepiarius. We newly resolved the species boundaries of representatives of chewing lice genus Myrsidea in a rainforest avian community. Ten species of Bornean Myrsidea from 14 bird species were registered, and four new species of Myrsidea were described. We analyzed phylogenetic relations of Myrsidea species studied and showed partial congruence of host-parasite phylogenies.
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- Joseph A Cook
- Biology Department and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences and Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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Takano OM, Mitchell PS, Gustafsson DR, Adite A, Voelker G, Light JE. An Assessment of Host Associations, Geographic Distributions, and Genetic Diversity of Avian Chewing Lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from Benin. J Parasitol 2017; 103:152-160. [PMID: 28067108 DOI: 10.1645/16-137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Host associations of highly host-specific chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) across multiple avian species remains fairly undocumented in the West African country of Benin. Two hundred and seventeen bird specimens collected from multiple localities across Benin and housed at the Texas A&M University Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections were examined for lice. Lice were identified and genetic data (mitochondrial COI and nuclear EF-1α genes) were obtained and phylogenetically analyzed. In total, we found 15 host associations, 7 of which were new to science. Genetically, most lice from Benin were unique and could represent new species. Based on host associations and unique genetic lineages, we estimate we discovered a minimum of 4 and possibly as many as 8 new chewing louse species. Given the lack of current data on chewing louse species distributions in Benin, this study adds to the knowledge of host associations, geographic distribution, and genetic variability of avian chewing louse species in West Africa.
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- Oona M Takano
- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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Voelker G, Tobler M, Prestridge HL, Duijm E, Groenenberg D, Hutchinson MR, Martin AD, Nieman A, Roselaar CS, Huntley JW. Three new species of Stiphrornis (Aves: Muscicapidae) from the Afro-tropics, with a molecular phylogenetic assessment of the genus. SYST BIODIVERS 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1226978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Gary Voelker
- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Vertebrate Department, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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