Gallancyra gen. nov.(Phthiraptera: Ischnocera), with an overview of the geographical distribution of chewing lice parasitizing chicken

DR Gustafsson, F Zou - European …, 2020 - europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu
The geographical range of the typically host-specific species of chewing lice (Phthiraptera)
is often assumed to be similar to that of their hosts. We tested this assumption by reviewing …

Co-phylogeny of a hyper-symbiotic system: Endosymbiotic bacteria (Gammaproteobacteria), chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) and birds (Passeriformes)

AA Grossi, C Tian, M Ren, F Zou… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Chewing lice are hosts to endosymbiotic bacteria as well as themselves being permanent
parasites. This offers a unique opportunity to examine the cophylogenetic relationships …

The influence of host body size and food guild on prevalence and mean intensity of chewing lice (Phthiraptera) on birds in southern China

X Chu, B Dik, DR Gustafsson, X Che… - Journal of …, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) are abundant ectoparasites of birds and
mammals. They are adapted to life in the plumage or pelage of their hosts and virtually …

Chewing lice from high‐altitude and migrating birds in Yunnan, China, with descriptions of two new species of Guimaraesiella

DR Gustafsson, L Lei, K Luo, X Chu… - Medical and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In total, 366 birds representing 55 species in 24 families and eight orders, were examined
for chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) in two high‐altitude localities in …

Molecular phylogenetics of the avian feather louse Philopterus-complex (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae)

S Kolencik, KP Johnson, AR Grant, MP Valim… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2022 - Elsevier
The avian feather louse Philopterus-complex (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae)
currently contains 12 genera that have been grouped together because of shared …

[HTML][HTML] Fahrenholz's rule is not a valid methodology for determining species limits in chewing lice (Psocodea, Phthiraptera)

DR GUSTAFSSON, T NAJER - Bionomina, 2022 - mapress.com
During the 20 th century, the taxonomy and classification of chewing lice (Psocodea,
Phthiraptera) was under the influence of Fahrenholz's rule, which states that louse and host …

Insect ectoparasites from wild passerine birds in the Azores Islands

L Oslejskova, S Kounkova, DR Gustafsson… - Parasite, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A total of 266 wild passerine birds (Passeriformes) representing eight species and nine
subspecies from three islands of the Archipelago of the Azores were examined for …

Rensch's rule in avian lice: contradictory allometric trends for sexual size dimorphism

IS Piross, A Harnos, L Rózsa - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Rensch's rule (RR) postulates that in comparisons across closely related species, male body
size relative to female size increases with the average size of the species. This holds true in …