A 'penguin' chewing louse Nesiotinus on a Kerguelen Diving-petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix exsul): an indication of a phylogenetic relationship?
International audience The confirmed discovery of an adult female of an as yet undescribed species of the genus Nesiotinus (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae sensu lato) on a Kerguelen Diving-petrel appears to provide the first certain parasitophyletic evidence for a phylogenetic relationship...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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HAL CCSD
2002
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Online Access: | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00192112 |
Summary: | International audience The confirmed discovery of an adult female of an as yet undescribed species of the genus Nesiotinus (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae sensu lato) on a Kerguelen Diving-petrel appears to provide the first certain parasitophyletic evidence for a phylogenetic relationship between penguins (Sphenisciformes) and tubenoses (Procellariiformes). An over-view of the hospital distribution of chewing lice genera parasitising penguins and tubenoses is given. |
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