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Issue: Vol. 1859 No. 1: 29 Aug. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-08-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1859.1.3
Page range: 49–62
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 2

A review of the genus Forficuloecus Conci (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from parrots (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae), with descriptions of four new species

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand
Phthiraptera Forficuloecus chewing lice taxonomy Australasia parrots cytochrome oxidase I new species

Abstract

Ten species, including four new species, of the chewing louse genus Forficuloecus Conci, 1941, are recognized from Australasian parrots, and a key is given for their identification. The new species and their type hosts are: F. cameroni ex the Red-winged Parrot, Aprosmictus erythropterus (J.F. Gmelin, 1788); F. banksi ex the Mulga Parrot, Psephotus varius Clark, 1910; F. wilsoni ex the Northern Rosella, Platycercus venustus (Kuhl, 1820); and F. josephi ex the Bourke's Parrot, Neopsephotus bourkii (Gould, 1841). Partial sequences of the mitochondrial COI gene support the genetic distinctiveness of these new species.

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