| specific association between the mites androlaelaps fahrenholzi (acari: laelapidae) and birds premnoplex brunnescens in costa rica: possible evidence of a recent host switch. | androlaelaps fahrenholzi is a common, cosmopolitan mite constituting a species complex. this mite is found in nests or on mammal hosts and occasionally on birds. the specific host association between a. fahrenholzi-like mites and premnoplex brunnescens in costa rica is reported here. adults (females and males), deutonymphs and protonymphs were found on 14 p. brunnescens examined (prevalence was 100 %) with mean abundance 42 (2-222). the nest environment plays an important role in the evolution o ... | 2013 | 23325415 |
| review of the species of rallicola (phthiraptera: philopteridae) from the antbirds, ovenbirds, and tapaculos (passeriformes). | fourteen species of chewing lice in the genus rallicola are recognized and described from members of the passerine families thamnophilidae, furnariidae (subfamily furnariinae), and rhinocryptidae. these include 10 previously described species and four new ones: r. mooreae from premnoplex brunnescens (sclater), r. leeae from thripadectes melanorhynchus (tschudi), r. tompkinsi from sclerurus caudacutus (vieillot), and r. hambleri from syndactyla rufosuperciliata (lafresnaye). new synonymies includ ... | 1994 | 7966166 |