<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A recently published checklist of Hungarian louse fauna (Insecta: Phthiraptera) listed 279 species and subspecies which have been recorded in Hungary. According to that checklist several louse species still await detection in Hungary, and many of the previously reported louse species have not been found on all expected host species yet. Our faunistical survey on avian lice started in 2005 at Ócsa Bird Ringing Station, resulting hundreds of ectoparasite samples collected from over 70 bird species. Additionally, our louse collection has grown by collecting samples in other research projects focusing on various bird species, and by sampling cadavers before taxidermy in the Bird Collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. As the results of a preliminary exploration of this collection, we list 20 louse species which are new to the Hungarian fauna, as well as the first Hungarian records of 17 host-parasite associations. We also found 3 louse-bird association records new for the World fauna.</p></abstract>

A recently published checklist of Hungarian louse fauna (Insecta: Phthiraptera) listed 279 species and subspecies which have been recorded in Hungary. According to that checklist several louse species still await detection in Hungary, and many of the previously reported louse species have not been found on all expected host species yet. Our faunistical survey on avian lice started in 2005 at Ócsa Bird Ringing Station, resulting hundreds of ectoparasite samples collected from over 70 bird species. Additionally, our louse collection has grown by collecting samples in other research projects focusing on various bird species, and by sampling cadavers before taxidermy in the Bird Collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. As the results of a preliminary exploration of this collection, we list 20 louse species which are new to the Hungarian fauna, as well as the first Hungarian records of 17 host-parasite associations. We also found 3 louse-bird association records new for the World fauna.

New species and host association records for the Hungarian avian louse fauna (Insecta: Phthiraptera)

Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, H-1088 Budapest, Baross str. 13., Hungary

Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Department of Biomathematics and Informatics, H-1078 Budapest, István str. 2., Hungary

Ócsa Bird Ringing Station, H-2364 Ócsa, Némedi str. 592/1., Hungary,

Ócsa Bird Ringing Station, H-2364 Ócsa, Némedi str. 592/1., Hungary

Szent István University, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, H-2100 Gödöllő, Páter Károly str. 1., Hungary

Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology, Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology, H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány str. 1/C., Hungary

MTA-ELTE-MTM Ecology Research Group, H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány str. 1/C., Hungary

Ornis Hungarica

A recently published checklist of Hungarian louse fauna (Insecta: Phthiraptera) listed 279 species and subspecies which have been recorded in Hungary....

New species and host association records for the Hungarian avian louse fauna (Insecta: Phthiraptera)

Published Online: Oct 08, 2013

Page range: 44 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orhu-2013-0004

Keywords
faunistics, ectoparasite, parasitism, lice, bird

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New species and host association records for the Hungarian avian louse fauna (Insecta: Phthiraptera)

Published Online: Oct 08, 2013

Page range: 44 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orhu-2013-0004

Keywordsfaunistics, ectoparasite, parasitism, lice, bird

This content is open access.

Keywords
faunistics, ectoparasite, parasitism, lice, bird