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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Main Authors: Mey, Eberhard, Chastel, Olivier, Beaucournu, Jean-Claude
Other Authors: Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Zoologie Appliquée (LABORATOIRE DE PARASITOLOGIE ET ZOOLOGIE APPLIQUéE), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2002
Subjects:
tubenosis
Kerguelen Islands
parasitophyletic relationship
envir
psy
Kerguelen
Online Access:https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00192112
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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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