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Type: Article
Published: 2014-07-11
Page range: 349–363
Abstract views: 34
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A review of the louse genus Tinamotaecola (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae sensu lato), with description of a new species

Laboratorio de Artrópodos, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3300, 7600 Mar del Plata, Provincia Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 42.494, 04218-970, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Departamento de Ciencias Pecuarias, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Tinamotaecola Philopteridae Phthiraptera chewing lice new species nymphal instars hosts Cariamidae Tinamidae Tinamotis Eudromia Cariama Chunga Argentina Bolivia Brazil Paraguay Chile

Abstract

We studied a collection of lice from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Chile containing all four known species and one new species (described herein) in the genus Tinamotaecola, parasites of birds of the families Cariamidae and Tinamidae. We also (1) describe previously unknown second and third nymphal instars of two Tinamotaecola species, (2) discuss hosts and geographical ranges for all Tinamotaecola species, and (3) speculate on possible macroevolutionary events that may explain the current distribution of these lice on their respective avian hosts.