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Issue: Vol. 4691 No. 5: 4 Nov. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-11-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.5.4
Page range: 491–500
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Chewing lice from the white-rumped vulture in Nepal, with description of a new species of Aegypoecus

Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary, Selçuk University, 42250, Selçuklu, Konya, Turkey
Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phthiraptera Ectoparasites chewing lice Aegypoecus bengalensis Colpocephalum Cuculiphilus (Aegypiphilus) gypsis new species white-rumped vulture Gyps bengalensis Nepal

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to record the species of chewing lice parasitising Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin, 1788), the white-rumped vulture, in Pithauli, Nawalparasi District, Nepal, from February to June 2017. Three louse species were identified: Cuculiphilus (Aegypiphilus) gypsis (Eichler, 1944), Colpocephalum sp., and the new species Aegypoecus bengalensis, described herein.

 

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