Artrópodos presentes en nidos de cotorra Myiopsitta monachus monachus (Aves: Psittacidae)

Rosana Aramburú,Armando Cicchino,Sebastián Calvo,Diego Carpintero

doi:10.22179/revmacn.11.264

Abstract

Arthropods in Monk Parakeet nests (Aves: Psittacidae). The objective of this work is to communicate a list of artropodofauna which is in Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus monachus) nests at several localities in Buenos Aires province. One nest and 43 beds of fresh green material that the Monk Parakeets deposited in the breeding chamber were collected. Arthropods were extracted, identified under binocular microscope, and characterized by their diets. Species were found whitin class Arachnida (Acarina, Pseudoescorpionida and Araneae), mainly predators and hematophagous. Within class Insecta, were found blood-sucking species, predators, detritivores, phytophagous, nectarivorous, and xilophagous, among others. The orders most represented were Diptera (8 families) and Coleoptera (12 families). The rest of the species belonged to the orders Collembola, Psocoptera, Hymenoptera, Phthiraptera, Hemiptera and Lepidoptera.

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Cicchino & Castro, 1997; Aramburú et al, 2002; Aramburú et al, 2003)
The objective of this work is to communicate a list of artropodofauna which is in Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus monachus) nests at several localities in Buenos Aires province
One nest and 43 beds of fresh green material that the Monk Parakeets deposited in the breeding chamber were collected

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Cicchino & Castro, 1997; Aramburú et al, 2002; Aramburú et al, 2003). Durante la época reproductiva, las cotorras llevan a las cámaras de cría material vegetal fresco, con posibles efectos biocidas y/o repelentes de esos ectoparásitos (Bucher, 1988). Trabajos previos han mostrado que las cotorras están afectadas por artrópodos de hábitos parasitarios, como Psitticimex uritui (Lent & Abalos) (Hemiptera: Cimicidae), Paragoniocotes fulvofasciatus Picaglia (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) y Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese) (Acarina: Macronyssidae) (Wygodzinsky, 1951; Bucher et al, 1990; Aramburú, 1991; Cicchino & Castro, 1997; Aramburú et al, 2002; Aramburú et al, 2003).

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