Abstract:RESUMO É reportado pela primeira vez no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul e no Brasil, o parasitismo dos piolhos menoponídeos Dicteisia tristis em tachã (Chaunatorquata), Holomenopon brevithoracicum em cisne-de-pescoço-preto (Cygnus melancoryphus) e Holomenopon leucoxanthum em marrecão da Patagônia (Netta peposaca), hospedeiros pertencentes à ordem Anseriformes.
“…As it is a captive animal, it is possible that several individuals were housed or shipped together, thus allowing the transfer of the lice ( Timm & Price, 1994 ). In Rio Grande do Sul, there is still a description of the occurrence of the genus Eutrichophilus parasitizing C. spinosus ( Brum et al, 2003 ), but there was no identification at the species level, just as there is no description and identification of the place where the animals were found.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…as well as hemoparasites ( Hepatozoon sp., Babesia spp., Trypanosoma spp. and filaria) ( Thoisy et al, 2000 ; Brum et al, 2003 ; Labruna et al, 2004 ; Kuniy & Brasileiro, 2006 ).…”
Coendou spinosus
is a species of rodent popularly known as porcupine, it has a great ability to adapt to different habitats and is found in tropical forests in countries such as Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela and Guianas. This mammal has already been identified as a reservoir of several pathogenic agents for humans and other animals and has a variety of ectoparasites, endoparasites and hemoparasites little studied and described. Due to this, the objective was to report the parasitism by
Eutrichophilus cercolabes
in
C. spinosus
in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. In total, 16 lice were found, one male and 15 females of the species. This is the first report of the parasitism of this Phthiraptera on
C. spinosus
in Rio Grande do Sul. The scarcity of reports on the taxonomy and biotic characteristics, as well as the vector capacity of pathogens of most species of ectoparasites of wild animals, highlights the need for further studies on the distribution of these arthropods in different regions and host species.
“…As it is a captive animal, it is possible that several individuals were housed or shipped together, thus allowing the transfer of the lice ( Timm & Price, 1994 ). In Rio Grande do Sul, there is still a description of the occurrence of the genus Eutrichophilus parasitizing C. spinosus ( Brum et al, 2003 ), but there was no identification at the species level, just as there is no description and identification of the place where the animals were found.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…as well as hemoparasites ( Hepatozoon sp., Babesia spp., Trypanosoma spp. and filaria) ( Thoisy et al, 2000 ; Brum et al, 2003 ; Labruna et al, 2004 ; Kuniy & Brasileiro, 2006 ).…”
Coendou spinosus
is a species of rodent popularly known as porcupine, it has a great ability to adapt to different habitats and is found in tropical forests in countries such as Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela and Guianas. This mammal has already been identified as a reservoir of several pathogenic agents for humans and other animals and has a variety of ectoparasites, endoparasites and hemoparasites little studied and described. Due to this, the objective was to report the parasitism by
Eutrichophilus cercolabes
in
C. spinosus
in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. In total, 16 lice were found, one male and 15 females of the species. This is the first report of the parasitism of this Phthiraptera on
C. spinosus
in Rio Grande do Sul. The scarcity of reports on the taxonomy and biotic characteristics, as well as the vector capacity of pathogens of most species of ectoparasites of wild animals, highlights the need for further studies on the distribution of these arthropods in different regions and host species.
The species and subspecies of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) parasitic on Chilean birds are listed and annotated, based on records published until October 2021 and from our examination of collections. The current scientific name, its taxonomic history, data on type material, type host, other hosts, geographic distribution within Chile and elsewhere, Chilean literature references and other significant references are given for each species or subspecies of lice. A total of four families, 76 genera, and 245 species and subspecies of lice are listed, including 17 species recorded as genus only, and 31 new records of species. A host-louse list—including a total of 155 bird species (146 native and nine introduced by human agency) belonging to 19 orders, 43 families and 107 genera—is also given.
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