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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Diversity and distribution of feather lice on Greater Flamingoes (Phoenicopterus ruber roseus) in the Camargue, southern France

Frank CézillyFrançois RenaudAlan R. JohnsonFrédéric ThomasRicardo L. Palma

subject

Phoenicopterus ruber roseusAnaticola phoenicopteribiologyEcologyHost (biology)ZoologyLouseColpocephalumbiology.organism_classificationInsect Sciencebiology.animalFamily MenoponidaeFeathervisual_artvisual_art.visual_art_mediumGreater flamingo

description

Feather lice were collected from 2S0 chicks of the Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber roseus Pallas) captured alive in the Camargue, southern France, in July 1997. Five louse species were identified: Colpocephalum heterosoma Piaget, Colpocephalum salimalii Clay and Trinoton femoratum Piaget of the family Menoponidae; Anaticola phoenicopteri (Coinde) and Anatoecus pygaspis (Nitzsch [in Giebel]) of the family Philopteridae. Our collecting results also show that there is body-site segregation among the several louse species inhabiting the same host individual.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2002-01-01New Zealand Entomologist
https://doi.org/10.1080/00779962.2002.9722099