Mites Macronyssidae Parasites of Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Passeriformes: Passeridae) in the Southern of Brazil

Abstract

The aim of this study was to report the species of haematophagous parasitic mites of Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) and analyze the infestation rates regarding to gender, body mass, and total length of the hosts. To do so, each of the 100 house sparrows captured in the urban area of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, was identified by gender, weighed, and measured. The mite collection was carried out after applying an ectoparasite-repelling talc in the body of the birds. Pellonyssus reedi was found in 29 house sparrows with mean intensity of 8.37 mites/host and Ornithonyssus bursa was found in two birds, only one male host showing co-infestation. The prevalence and mean intensity of P. reedi between male and female adults did not show significant difference, nor was there any correlation among species abundance, body mass, and total length of the house sparrows. We report the occurrence of P. reedi and O. bursa parasitizing P. domesticus in the southern of Brazil.

Parasitic fauna of the invasive house sparrow (Passer domesticus) from Ñuble region, Chile: an example of co-introduced parasites

“…This mite has been isolated from hosts of various passerine families, e.g., in Corcoracidae, Furnariidae, Hirundinidae, Icteridae, Sturnidae, Thraupidae, Troglodytidae, and Tyrannidae, in Argentina (Arrabal et al, 2012), Brazil (Mascarenhas et al, 2009;Bassini-Silva et al, 2019), and Australia (Domrow, 1987), and it has also been found on various non-passerine birds -e.g., Accipitridae, Columbidae, Cuculidae, Laridae, Phasianidae, Picidae, Psittacidae, and Strigidae (Fonseca, 1948;Domrow, 1987;Aramburú et al, 2003;Mascarenhas et al, 2009;Arrabal et al, 2012;Coimbra et al, 2012;Santillán et al, 2015;Bassini-Silva et al, 2019;Mori et al, 2019). On the house sparrow, it has been found in Australia (Domrow, 1987), Brazil (Fonseca, 1948;Santos et al, 2020b), and North America (Fonseca, 1948). In spite of O. bursa being considered an important parasite of chickens in the Neotropics (Arrabal et al, 2012;Lareschi et al, 2017;Horn et al, 2018), there are no previous records on domestic fowl from Chile (Alcaíno & Gorman, 1999).…”

“…Although A. globata is a nonspecific helminth (Rausch & Morgan, 1947;Mariaux, 1991), it should also be considered as a co-introduced parasite, but not co-invasive; this could change, if in the future, native hosts are found to be parasitized by this tapeworm (Lymbery et al, 2014). Additionally, whether or not O. bursa was co-introduced remains doubtful, because it is as a widely distributed parasite in the Americas (Mašán et al, 2014;Lareschi et al, 2017;Arce et al, 2018;Santos et al, 2020b).…”

Primer reporte de Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888) (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) en República Dominicana

“…Las observaciones fueron realizadas en un microscopio óptico AmScopeT690C-PL, 100X, habilitado con cámara MU1803-HS-CK-EA AMSCOPE. Para confirmar la especie fueron seguidas claves taxonómicas (Krantz & Walter 2009;Radovsky, 2010) y diversas publicaciones que muestran fotos de O. bursa (Bassini-Silva et al, 2022;Mesquita-Sousa et al, 2020;Ribeiro et al, 1992;Santos et al, 2020). Además, en julio 2022 se hicieron comparaciones de las preparaciones de RD con la colección de la Escuela Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, ESALQ/ Universidad de Sao Paulo en el campus Piracicaba.…”