Publications

community structure of lice (insecta: phthiraptera) from two sympatric gull species: kelp gull (larus dominicanus) and franklin's gull (larus pipixcan) in talcahuano, chile.	a total of 1,177 lice of four species were collected from 124 kelp gulls (larus dominicanus) and 137 lice of the same four species from 60 franklin's gulls (larus pipixcan). the louse saemundssonia lari (o fabricius) (phthiraptera: philopteridae) was the most numerous on both gull species, with infestation rates of 4.9 on kelp gulls and 1.8 on franklin's gulls. the second most abundant louse was quadraceps punctatus (burmeister), with a high infestation rate but low prevalence on kelp gulls; tho ...	2011	21710024
comparisons of host specificity in feather louse genera (insecta: phthiraptera: philopteridae) parasitizing gulls (aves: laridae: larus).	data from gene sequences and morphological structures were collected for the gull feather lice, saemundssonia lari, quadraceps punctatus, and q. ornatus, parasitizing larus crassirostris and l. schistisagus. saemundssonia lari was collected from both gull species, and no detectable morphological and genetic differences were found between lice collected from the two different hosts. in contrast, q. punctatus was only collected from l. crassirostris, whereas q. ornatus was only collected from l. s ...	2014	24882099
chewing lice (phthiraptera: amblycera, ischnocera) from red sea gulls with new host-parasite records.	knowledge about chewing lice from marine birds of the red sea is minimal. five species of gulls were examined for chewing lice in three different localities of the saudi arabian red sea coast. two gull species were examined for lice for the first time (larus armenicus buturlin, 1934 and larus michahellis naumann, 1840) and their lice represent new host-louse associations. four species and two subspecies of lice were identified from 159 specimens collected. actornithophilus piceus lari (packard, ...	2014	24869888