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Ornithobius pricei Arnold 2005

Description

Ornithobius pricei Arnold, 2005

Site of infection: mostly wing feathers: primaries, secondaries, wing coverts; also in pterylae surrounding this area: scapulars, interscapulars and upper breast.

Localities: Laguna Garzon, Rocha (Uruguay), Buenos Aires Province, districts of Bahía Blanca, Guaminí and Pila (Argentina), Biobío Region (Chile).

References: Arnold (2005). Present study.

Comments: First record from Chile

Notes

Published as part of González-Acuña, Daniel, Moreno, Lucila, Cicchino, Armando, Mironov, Sergey & Kinsella, Mike, 2010, Checklist of the parasites of the black-necked swan, Cygnus melanocoryphus (Aves: Anatidae), with new records from Chile, pp. 55-68 in Zootaxa 2637 on page 63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198468

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References

  • Arnold, D. (2005) Review of the Genus Ornithobius (Phthiraptera: Ichnocera: Philopteridae), with Descriptions of Two New Species. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 78, 158 - 166.