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The ischnoceran chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) of bulbuls (Aves: Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae), with descriptions of 18 new species

  • 1. Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
  • 2. Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamycka 129, 165 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
  • 3. School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, 257 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA.

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Gustafsson, Daniel R., Najer, Tomas, Zou, Fasheng, Bush, Sarah E. (2022): The ischnoceran chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) of bulbuls (Aves: Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 800: 1-88, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.800.1683, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.800.1683

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