Chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from wild passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in northern Vietnam, with descriptions of three new species

Abstract

Thirteen species of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) were found on 46 wild passerines of 10 species in Cuc PhuongNational Park in northern Vietnam. Three new species of the genera Myrsidea and Brueelia are described; they and theirtype hosts are: Myrsidea annae ex Schoeniparus rufogularis (Mandelli, 1873), Brueelia hrabali ex Macronous gularis(Horsfield, 1822) and Brueelia neodaumae ex Zoothera dauma (Latham, 1790). First records of chewing lice from Seril-ophus lunatus (Gould, 1834), Stachyris nigriceps Blyth, 1844, Niltava davidi La Touche, 1907 and Alcippe morrisonia Swinhoe, 1863, and a new host record for Menacanthus nogoma Uchida, 1926 are also included.

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“…Moreover, because more than one species of Brueelia-complex lice may occur on the same host species, it is possible that older reports refer to more than one louse species from the same host as 'Brueelia sp.' Ignoring host species for which only a single specimen was examined, the prevalence of Brueelia-complex lice in our study ranges from 25% to 100% (Table 1), which is generally higher than published prevalences for Brueelia-complex lice (Sychra et al, 2009;Najer et al, 2012aNajer et al, , 2012bNajer et al, , 2014.…”

“…Comparisons with published prevalences of Brueelia ‐complex species are difficult because all of these were published prior to the recent revision of this complex (Gustafsson & Bush, ) and the correct genus of many of the published louse records is thus unknown. For example, at least six genera of Brueelia ‐complex lice occur on ‘babblers’ (Gustafsson & Bush, ), although all of the published prevalences for Brueelia ‐complex lice on these hosts are given as ‘ Brueelia sp.’ Moreover, because more than one species of Brueelia ‐complex lice may occur on the same host species, it is possible that older reports refer to more than one louse species from the same host as ‘ Brueelia sp.’ Ignoring host species for which only a single specimen was examined, the prevalence of Brueelia ‐complex lice in our study ranges from 25% to 100% (Table ), which is generally higher than published prevalences for Brueelia ‐complex lice (Sychra et al ., ; Najer et al ., , , ).…”

“…ALS, Ailaoshan; E, examined birds; I, infested birds; JS, Jinshan; N, nymphs; P, prevalence. Note that both McClure et al (1973) and Najer et al (2012a) reported Myrsidea sp. from Alcippe morrisoniana, which was previously considered conspecific with A. fratercula.…”

“…() and Najer et al . () reported Myrsidea sp. from Alcippe morrisoniana , which was previously considered conspecific with A. fratercula .…”

“…In recent years, this has begun to change. A large number of new host records and species have been described from across South and Southeast Asia (Hellenthal & Price, ; Mey, , ; Price et al ., ; Sychra et al ., ; Eduardo & Villa, ; Najer et al ., , , ; Mey & Barker, ; Gustafsson & Bush, ; Gustafsson et al ., , , , ). However, despite this recently increased interest in the chewing louse fauna of the region, no chewing lice are yet known from the majority of passeriform species in Southeast Asia.…”