The genus Brueelia Kéler, 1936a forms the core of the so-called “Brueelia-complex”, one of
the largest and most heterogeneous groups of lice (Phthiraptera). Here we introduce the …

Songbirds host one of the largest, and most poorly understood, groups of lice: the Brueelia-
complex. The Brueelia-complex contains nearly one-tenth of all known louse species …

Abstract Myrsidea Waterston, 1915 (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) is the most diverse genus
of avian chewing lice. Myrsidea has a global distribution, is thought to be highly host …

Parasites with wide host spectra provide opportunities to study the ecological parameters of
speciation, as well as the process of the evolution of host specificity. The speciose and …

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 …

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 …

Although the Democratic Republic of the Congo is considered a megadiverse country, the
Congo Basin is not recognized as a conservation priority because of gross underestimates …

Zusammenfassung Die neu beschriebene Art Brueelia wallacei n. sp. lebt in der Orientalis
auf Feenvögeln (Irenidae): B. wallacei auf dem Türkisfeenvogel Irena puella crinigera (Nord …

Twelve new species of chewing lice in the genus Priceiella Gustafsson & Bush, 2017, are
described from Old World “babblers”(Leiothrichidae, Paradoxornithiidae, Pellorneidae and …

A total of 1,621 wild birds representing 34 species were examined for chewing lice in reed
beds in southwestern Slovakia during the pre-breeding migration 2008–2009 and 2016 …