| chewing lice (phthiraptera) from calidris fuscicollis (aves: scolopacidae) in southern brazil. | during april and september from 2010 to 2012, 80 birds of the species calidris fuscicollis (white-rumped sandpiper) were collected for parasitological studies in the southern coast of rio grande do sul, under icmbio license no. 26234-1. for ectoparasite collection, the birds were first submerged in water with detergent. the parasites found were fixed in 70% alcohol, cleared in 10% potassium hydroxide and mounted in canada balsam. of 80 birds examined, 79% were parasitized. actornithophilus umbri ... | 2014 | 24742904 |