A 'penguin ' chewing louse Nesiotinus on a Kerguelen Diving-petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix exsul): an indication of a phylogenetic relationship?

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 (Sphen...

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Main Authors: Eberhard Mey, Olivier Chastel, Jean-claude Beaucournu
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Kerguelen Islands
parasitophyletic relationship
tubenosis. Zusammenfassung Ein "Pinguin'-Federling der Gattung Nesiotinus vom Lummensturmvogel
Kerguelen
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.532.4836
http://www.cebc.cnrs.fr/publipdf/2002/MJO143.pdf
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Summary: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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