| pigeon lice down under: taxonomy of australian campanulotes (phthiraptera: philopteridae), with a description of c. durdeni n. sp. | campanulotes flavus (rudow, 1869) from phaps chalcoptera is redescribed and illustrated. c. defectus tendeiro, 1969, erroneously recorded from the extinct passenger pigeon ectopistes migratorius, is shown to be a junior synonym of c. flavus, thus removing it from the list of lice thought to have gone extinct with the passenger pigeon. c. flavus elegans (tendeiro, 1978) from p. elegans is elevated to specific rank and redescribed. finally, c. durdeni n. sp. is described from its type host ocyphap ... | 2000 | 11128516 |
| nanostructural basis of rainbow-like iridescence in common bronzewing phaps chalcoptera feathers. | structural colors are common in nature. generally single feathers or other integuments contain only one structural color, but those of the common bronzewing display a consistent color gradient from blue to red (462-647 nm) over the proximo-distal length of individual barbs. we used optical microscopy and macro- and micro-spectrophotometry to characterize this color gradient, and transmission electron microscopy to investigate the nanostructure. combining optical modeling and experimental results ... | 2014 | 24977558 |
| morphological and genetic characterization of eimeria chalcoptereae n. sp. (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) in a common bronzewing pigeon (phaps chalcoptera) (latham, 1790) in western australia. | a new eimeria species is described from a common bronzewing pigeon (phaps chalcoptera) (latham, 1790) in western australia. sporulated oocysts of eimeria chalcoptereae n. sp. (n = 30) are subspheroidal, 22-25 × 21-24 (23.5 × 22.6) μm; length/width (l/w) ratio 1.0-1.1 (1.04) μm. wall bi-layered, 1.0-1.4 (1.2) μm thick, outer layer smooth, c.2/3 of total thickness. micropyle barely discernible. oocyst residuum is absent, but 2 to 3 small polar granules are present. sporocysts (n = 30) ellipsoidal, ... | 2020 | 32779020 |