Feather mites (Acari: Astigmata) of the Zoobotanical State Park in Teresina, Brazil

International audience Feather mites are the most diverse avian ectoparasites. They mainly live on the plumage of birds, feeding on uropygial oil, and may occasionally cause skin irritation, especially on caged birds. Here we report the results of a survey of feather mites on wild birds of the Zoobo...

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Published in:Acarologia
Main Authors: Lima Alves Moro, Maria Marta, Carvalho Waquim, Eric, Soares de Melo Evangelista, Luanna, AKASHI HERNANDES, Fabio
Other Authors: Department of Biology, Center for Nature Sciences, Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, Piauí, Academic Veterinary Medicine, Center of Agrarian Sciences, Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, Piauí, Department of Parasitology and Microbiology, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, Piauí, Department of Ecology and Zoology, Center of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis (UFSC), Santa Catarina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2019
Subjects:
Animalia
Arthropoda
Acari
Aacriformes
birds
ectoparasitism
feather mites
record
captivity
Psoroptidia
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
Mite
osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Online Access:https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02325229
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02325229/document
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02325229/file/Acarologia-2019-59-424-432.pdf
https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20194345
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Summary:International audience Feather mites are the most diverse avian ectoparasites. They mainly live on the plumage of birds, feeding on uropygial oil, and may occasionally cause skin irritation, especially on caged birds. Here we report the results of a survey of feather mites on wild birds of the Zoobotanical State Park of Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. The following mites were collected from seven bird specimens kept in the park from January to July 2017: Pandionacarus fuscus (Nitzsch, 1818) on the osprey (Pandion haliaetus); Freyana dendrocygni Dubinin, 1950 and Heterobrephosceles megathrix Peterson & Atyeo, 1977 on the white-faced whistling-duc (Dendrocygna viduata); Nyctibiolichus megamerus Atyeo, 1979 on the common potoo (Nyctibius griseus); Hieracolichus hirundo (Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884) on the harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) and Hieracolichus sp. on the southern caracara (Caracara plancus). These findings increase the known ranges of the mite species, with four of them reported for the first time in Brazil.

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