| a drop in the bucket of the megadiverse chewing louse genus myrsidea (phthiraptera, amblycera, menoponidae): ten new species from amazonian brazil. | ten new species of myrsidea waterston, 1915 parasitic on members of the avian families formicariidae, thraupidae, tyrannidae, troglodytidae and icteridae are described herein. they and their type hosts are m. isacantha sp. n. ex chamaeza nobilis gould, m. circumsternata sp. n. ex formicarius colma boddaert (formicariidae); m. cacioppoi sp. n. ex lanio fulvus (boddaert), m. brasiliensis sp. n. ex tangara chilensis (vigors), m. saviti sp. n. ex tangara schrankii (spix) (thraupidae), m. rodriguesae ... | 2013 | 24471279 |
| nest and nest-site reuse within and between breeding seasons by three neotropical flycatchers (tyrannidae). | nest and or nest site reuse within and between breeding seasons was reported by the euler's flycatcher (lathrotriccus euleri), the sepia-capped flycatcher (leptopogon amaurocephalus) and the gray-hooded flycatcher (mionectes -rufiventris) in forest fragments from southeastern brazil. nest and or nest site reuse between some years was frequent within a single breeding season by the sepia-capped flycatcher. nest reuse, however, was not related to nesting success in the previous breeding attempt. n ... | 2007 | 18094838 |