Abstract
Ectoparasites of 18 free-living Cuban Ground Doves, Columbina passerina insularis (Columbiformes: Columbidae), captured in the National Zoological Park, Havana, Cuba, were identified. The collected ectoparasites included two species of lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera): Columbicola passerinae (77.1%), and Physconelloides eurysema (50%), as well as four species of feather mites (Astigmata: Falculiferidae): Pterophagus lomatus (83.3%), Byersalges talpacoti (50%), Byersalges phyllophorus (72.2%), and Hyperaspidacarus tridentatus (27.7%). Pterophagus lomatus, B. phyllophorus, and H. tridentatus represent new records for Cuba.
Highlights
Foram identificados os ectoparasitas de 18 rolinhas-cinzentas de vida livre, Columbina passerina insularis (Columbiformes: Columbidae), capturadas no Parque Zoológico Nacional de Havana, Cuba
Os ectoparasitas coletados pertencem à duas espécies de piolhos (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera): Columbicola passerinae (77,1%) e Physconelloides eurysema (50%), bem como à quatro espécies de ácaros de pena (Astigmata: Falculiferidae): Pterophagus lomatus (83,3%), Byersalges talpacoti (50%), Byersalges phyllophorus (72,2%) e Hyperaspidacarus tridentatus (27,7%)
Parasitological studies of C. passerina have previously recorded the presence of the following ectoparasites: the hippoboscid fly Microlynchia pusilla (Speiser, 1902) in Mexico (Tella et al, 2000); the feather mites Pterophagus lomatus Gaud and Barré, 1992 in Guadeloupe (Gaud & Barré, 1992a); Byersalges phyllophorus Gaud and Barré, 1988 in Guadeloupe, Barbados, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, and Santa Lucía (Gaud & Barré, 1988, 1992a); Byersalges talpacoti (Cerny, 1975) in Barbados, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the United States (USA), Santa Lucia, and Brazil (Atyeo & Winchell, 1984; Gaud & Barré, 1988, 1992a); and Hyperaspidacarus tridentatus Atyeo and Smith, 1983 in Brazil and the USA (Atyeo & Smith, 1983)
Summary
Foram identificados os ectoparasitas de 18 rolinhas-cinzentas de vida livre, Columbina passerina insularis (Columbiformes: Columbidae), capturadas no Parque Zoológico Nacional de Havana, Cuba. Os ectoparasitas coletados pertencem à duas espécies de piolhos (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera): Columbicola passerinae (77,1%) e Physconelloides eurysema (50%), bem como à quatro espécies de ácaros de pena (Astigmata: Falculiferidae): Pterophagus lomatus (83,3%), Byersalges talpacoti (50%), Byersalges phyllophorus (72,2%) e Hyperaspidacarus tridentatus (27,7%).
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