scholarly journals Gastrointestinal and external parasitism in the Magellanic Horned Owl Bubo magellanicus (Strigiformes: Strigidae) in Chile

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-168
Author(s):  
Alexandra Grandón-Ojeda ◽  
José Osvaldo Valdebenito ◽  
Lucila Moreno ◽  
John Mike Kinsella ◽  
Sergey Mironov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Feather Mites ◽  
Chewing Louse ◽  
Central Chile

Abstract To describe the parasitic community of the Magellanic Horned Owl, Bubo magellanicus (Aves, Strigiformes), 19 carcasses from central Chile were analyzed. Ectoparasites were collected through plumage inspection, while endoparasites were collected through traditional techniques of parasitological necropsy. Sixteen owls were infected with at least one species of ectoparasite (84.21%) or endoparasite (31.58%). Eleven of 19 birds (57.89%) harbored feather mites of the three species Pandalura cirrata (42.11%), Glaucalges attenuatus (47.37%), and Kramerella sp. (10.53%), whereas 16 individuals (84.21%) harbored the chewing louse Strigiphilus chilensis. Only six birds (31.58%) were infected with helminths; the nematodes Capillaria tenuissima (26.32%) and Dispharynx nasuta (5.26%); the acanthocephalan Centrorhynchus spinosus (5.26%); and the trematode Neodiplostomum sp. (5.26%). Apart from S . chilensis, all parasites comprised new records for B . magellanicus.

scholarly journals Gastrointestinal and ectoparasites of plumbeous rail, Pardirallus sanguinolentus (Aves: Rallidae) in Central Chile

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Osvaldo Valdebenito ◽  
Lucila Moreno ◽  
Carlos Barrientos ◽  
Sergey Mironov ◽  
John Mike Kinsella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Parasite Fauna ◽  
Parasite Development ◽  
Feather Mites ◽  
Gastrointestinal Helminths ◽  
Central Chile ◽  
Parasite Richness ◽  
Feather Lice ◽  
Favorable Conditions ◽  
High Parasite

Abstract With the aim to identify the parasite fauna of plumbeous rail, Pardirallus sanguinolentus (Aves: Rallidae) in Chile, 26 carcasses were parasitologically necropsied. The present study revealed the presence of 14 species of parasites (inverse Simpson index = 4.64; evenness = 0.332), including ectoparasites: feather mites: Analloptes megnini , Grallobia sp., Grallolichus sp., Megniniella sp., and Metanalges sp.; the feather lice Pseudomenopon meinertzhageni, Rallicola andinus, and Fulicoffula sp.; and six species of gastrointestinal helminths: Heterakis psophiae, Porrocaecum ardeae, Tetrameres sp., Capillaria sp., Diorchis sp., and Plagiorhynchus sp. The relatively high parasite richness that was found could be attributed to the highly favorable conditions of wetlands for parasite development. All parasites found, except feather lice, are new records for plumbeous rail. A checklist of parasites for plumbeous rail is presented.

scholarly journals Studies on the moss flora of the Bío-Bío region of Chile

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert R. Ireland ◽  
Gilda Bellolio ◽  
Roberto Rodríguez ◽  
Juan Larraín
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
New Records ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Extensive Study ◽  
Central Chile ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
South Central ◽  
Made In

An extensive study was made on the moss flora of the Bío-Bío Region (VIII Región) in south-central Chile in 2001-2003. Collections were made in all four provinces of the region: Arauco, Bío-Bío, Concepción and Ñuble. Approximately 265 localities in the region were explored with over 6,000 mosses collected in the four provinces. The mosses of this region had not previously been studied to any great extent and with part of the region’s environment being destroyed by the construction of several dams on one of the major rivers, the Bío-Bío, the study of this area seemed of utmost importance. Thus far, a total of 20 taxa were found which are new to Chile, making a total of 877 known for the country, with four new taxa known for South America. An additional 87 taxa are reported new only to the Bío-Bío Region. That number, together with some new records from the recent literature, increases the total for the Region from 190 to 300. It was determined from the 87 new taxa for the Bío-Bío Region that the majority (41) represent northern extensions of taxa, while a much smaller number (10) represent southern extensions. The remainder (36) fill in a gap in the distribution of the taxa between the northern and southern parts of the country. Many difficult species still remain to be identified and the number of species new to science, to Chile and to the Bío-Bío Region, is certain to increase when the remaining specimens are identified.

scholarly journals New records of feather mites (Acariformes: Astigmata) from non-passerine birds (Aves) in Brazil

Check List ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Gustavo de Almeida Pedroso ◽  
Fabio Akashi Hernandes
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Passerine Birds ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Feather Mites ◽  
Feather Mite ◽  
First Time

We present the results of our investigation of feather mites (Astigmata) associated with non-passerine birds in Brazil. The studied birds were obtained from roadkills, airport accidents, and from capitivity. Most ectoparasites were collected from bird specimens by washing. A total of 51 non-passerine species from 20 families and 15 orders were examined. Of them, 24 species were assessed for feather mites for the first time. In addition, 10 host associations are recorded for the first time in Brazil. A total of 101 feather mite species were recorded, with 26 of them identified to the species level and 75 likely representing undescribed species; among the latter samples, five probably represent new genera. These records allowed the first inference about the host and mite association of many species, as well as the first discussion about the geographical distribution of some feather mite taxa along the host distribution.

New records of feather mites (Astigmata: Analgidae, Avenzoariidae, Proctophyllodidae) from the blackcap, Saunders’s tern and osprey in Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 113-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed W. Negm ◽  
Fabio A. Hernandes ◽  
Mohamed G. E.-D. Nasser ◽  
Azzam M. Al Ahmad ◽  
Mohammed Shobrak
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Records ◽  
Feather Mites

scholarly journals External and gastrointestinal parasites of the rufous-collared sparrow Zonotrichia capensis (Passeriformes, Emberizidae) in Chile

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-322
Author(s):  
Sebastián Llanos-Soto ◽  
Braulio Muñoz ◽  
Lucila Moreno ◽  
Carlos Landaeta-Aqueveque ◽  
John Mike Kinsella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gastrointestinal Parasites ◽  
Feather Mites ◽  
Central Chile ◽  
Zonotrichia Capensis ◽  
Distributional Range ◽  
First Time ◽  
Amblyomma Tigrinum

Abstract A total of 277 rufous-collared sparrows, Zonotrichia capensis Müller, 1776 (Emberizidae), were examined for external parasites. The birds were captured using mist nets in seven locations in northern and central Chile. Additionally, seven carcasses from central Chile (the Biobío region) were necropsied to evaluate the presence of endoparasite infection. Ectoparasites were found on 35.8% (99/277) of the examined birds and they were represented by the following arthropods: feather mites Amerodectes zonotrichiae Mironov and González-Acuña, 2014 (Analgoidea: Proctophyllodidae), Proctophyllodes polyxenus Atyeo and Braasch, 1966 (Analgoidea: Proctophyllodidae), and Trouessartia capensis Berla, 1959 (Analgoidea: Trouessartiidae); a louse Philopterus sp. (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera); and ticks Amblyomma tigrinum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) and Ixodes auritulus Neumann, 1904 (Acari: Ixodidae). Two of the seven necropsied carcasses were infected with the acanthocephalan Mediorhynchus papillosus Van Cleave, 1916 (Gigantorhynchida: Gigantorhynchidae). To our knowledge, this study reports P. polyxenus, Philopterus sp., A. tigrinum, and M. papillosus for the first time for Z. capensis and expands the distributional range for T. capensis to Chile.

scholarly journals Ectoparasites of the black-chinned siskin Spinus barbatus (Passeriformes: Fringillidae) in Chile

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 476-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danny Fuentes-Castillo ◽  
Armando Cicchino ◽  
Sergey Mironov ◽  
Lucila Moreno ◽  
Carlos Landaeta-Aqueveque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Southern Chile ◽  
Feather Mites ◽  
Host Parasite ◽  
Ectoparasite Fauna

Abstract Despite being a bird with a broad and extensive distribution in Chile, the black-chinned siskin, Spinus barbatus Molina, 1782 is not well studied in relation to its parasites. This paper aims to describe the ectoparasite fauna of S. barbatus in central and southern Chile. A total of 125 individuals caught with mist nets were examined alive; a total of 22 parasites were found dead and were exposed to parasit autopsy. The extracted parasites were preserved in 70% alcohol for subsequent mounting and identification. Ectoparasites were found in 56 black-chinned siskins (38%); 48 of them (33%) had 870 mites – 680 feather mites (Astigmata: Analgoidea) were identified as Proctophyllodes spini, 167 as Knemidokoptes jamaicensis, 19 as Strelkoviacarus critesi, and one as Analges passerinus. Moreover, three mites were chiggers belonging to the tribe Schoengastiini (Prostigmata: Trombiculidae). In 21 birds (14%), 54 lice were found, 21 of which were identified as Philopterus roehreri, 18 as Myrsidea serini, and 15 as Ricinus carolynae. Endoparasites were not found in the necropsied individuals. All of the parasites that were found represent new records for Chile, and they also serve as new records of host–parasite associations for S. barbatus.

scholarly journals Gastrointestinal and external parasites of Enicognathus ferrugineus and Enicognathus leptorhynchus (Aves, Psittacidae) in Chile

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 422-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Osvaldo Valdebenito ◽  
Lucila Moreno ◽  
Carlos Landaeta-Aqueveque ◽  
John Mike Kinsella ◽  
Sergey Mironov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trophic Interactions ◽  
Parasite Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Evolutionary Relationships ◽  
Central Chile ◽  
Chewing Lice ◽  
Host Health ◽  
Population Structures

Abstract Parasite species are important components of biodiversity, as they provide valuable information about host health, evolutionary relationships, population structures, trophic interactions, the existence of environmental stresses, and climatic conditions. With the aim of describing the parasites associated with parrots of the genus Enicognathus Gray 1840 from central Chile, thirteen austral parakeets, Enicognathus ferrugineus, and five slender-billed parakeets, E. leptorhynchus, were examined between September 2007 and March 2014. The prevalence of ectoparasites and endoparasites was 88.9% and 22.2%, respectively. On eleven of the E. ferrugineus (84.6%) analyzed, and on all of the E. leptorhynchus analyzed (100%), five feather mite species (Pararalichus hastifolia, Genoprotolichus major, Protonyssus sp., Fainalges sp., and Eurydiscalges sp.) were collected. On ten E. ferrugineus (76.9%) and two E. leptorhynchus (40%), the chewing lice Heteromenopon macrurum, Psittacobrossus patagoni, and Paragoniocotes enicognathidis were collected. The nematode Capillaria plagiaticia was collected from three E. ferrugineus (23.1%), and the nematode Ascaridia hermaphrodita was found in one E. leptorhynchus (20%). The presence of C. plagiaticia, Protonyssus sp., Fainalges sp., and Eurydiscalges sp. from the two Enicognathus spp. are new records for Chile and represent new parasite-host associations.

scholarly journals Acari of Canada

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 819 ◽  
pp. 77-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frédéric Beaulieu ◽  
Wayne Knee ◽  
Victoria Nowell ◽  
Marla Schwarzfeld ◽  
Zoë Lindo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Actual Number ◽  
Aquatic Habitats ◽  
Feather Mites ◽  
Index Numbers ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Level ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Substantial Progress

Summaries of taxonomic knowledge are provided for all acarine groups in Canada, accompanied by references to relevant publications, changes in classification at the family level since 1979, and notes on biology relevant to estimating their diversity. Nearly 3000 described species from 269 families are recorded in the country, representing a 56% increase from the 1917 species reported by Lindquist et al. (1979). An additional 42 families are known from Canada only from material identified to family- or genus-level. Of the total 311 families known in Canada, 69 are newly recorded since 1979, excluding apparent new records due solely to classification changes. This substantial progress is most evident in Oribatida and Hydrachnidia, for which many regional checklists and family-level revisions have been published. Except for recent taxonomic leaps in a few other groups, particularly of symbiotic mites (Astigmata: feather mites; Mesostigmata: Rhinonyssidae), knowledge remains limited for most other taxa, for which most species records are unpublished and may require verification. Taxonomic revisions are greatly needed for a large majority of families in Canada. Based in part on species recorded in adjacent areas of the USA and on hosts known to be present here, we conservatively estimate that nearly 10,000 species of mites occur in Canada, but the actual number could be 15,000 or more. This means that at least 70% of Canada’s mite fauna is yet unrecorded. Much work also remains to match existing molecular data with species names, as less than 10% of the ~7500 Barcode Index Numbers for Canadian mites in the Barcode of Life Database are associated with named species. Understudied hosts and terrestrial and aquatic habitats require investigation across Canada to uncover new species and to clarify geographic and ecological distributions of known species.

scholarly journals External and intestinal parasites of the Austral thrush Turdus falcklandii (Aves, Turdidae) in central Chile

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 432-442
Author(s):  
Sebastián Llanos-Soto ◽  
Mabel Córdoba ◽  
Lucila Moreno ◽  
John Mike Kinsella ◽  
Sergey Mironov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Intestinal Parasites ◽  
Central Chile ◽  
Distributional Range ◽  
Plagiorhynchus Cylindraceus

Abstract A total of thirty Austral thrushes Turdus falcklandii Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (Turdidae) carcasses were brought to the Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, to be examined for ecto- and endoparasites. Ectoparasites were found on 20% (6/30) of the thrushes and belonged to species Brueelia magellanica Cichino, 1986 (Phthiraptera), Menacanthus eurysternus Burmeister, 1838 (Phthiraptera) and Tyrannidectes falcklandicus Mironov & González-Acuña, 2011 (Acari). Endoparasites were isolated from 26.6% (8/30) of the birds and identified as Lueheia inscripta Westrumb, 1821 (Acanthocephala), Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus Goeze, 1782 (Acanthocephala), Wardium sp. sensu Mayhew, 1925 (Cestoda), Dilepis undula (Cestoda) Schrank, 1788, and Zonorchis sp. (sensu Travassos, 1944) (Trematoda). To our knowledge, all endoparasites collected in this study are new records in T. falcklandii and expand their distributional range to Chile.

scholarly journals New records of feather mites (Sarcoptiformes: Proctophyllodidae) on tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae) from Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. ec03039
Author(s):  
Fabio A. Hernandes
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Feather Mites ◽  
New Host ◽  
Feather Mite ◽  
First Time

Herein, three feather mite species (Analgoidea: Proctophyllodidae) are reported from tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae) in Brazil: Proctophyllodes thraupis Atyeo & Braasch, 1966 on Thraupis ornata (Sparrman, 1789), Thraupis palmarum (Wied, 1821), and Stilpnia peruviana (Desmarest, 1806); Amerodectes thraupicola (Černý, 1974) and Amerodectes bilineatus (Berla, 1958) on T. ornata. Proctophyllodes thraupis is herein reported for the first time on the hosts mentioned above. Amerodectes thraupicola is reported in synoxenism with A. bilineatus on the same bird specimen of T. ornata, a new host for both mites. Despite being  described from a Cardinalidae (Passeriformes) host, this latter mite species was subsequently recovered only from tanagers, which reinforces the suggestion that non-thraupid hosts might be accidental records.

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