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Issue: Vol. 1172 No. 1: 13 Apr. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-04-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1172.1.2
Page range: 21–29
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of Picicola Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1938 (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from Piciformes (Bucconidae and Galbulidae) in Brazil

Laboratório de Ectoparasitos. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Parasitologia. Av. Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte – MG, Brazil CEP. 31270–901
Bolsista do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / CNPq – Brazil
Phthiraptera chewing lice Picicola Philopteridae Piciformes Bucconidae Galbulidae puffbird jacamars

Abstract

Two new species, Picicola serrafreirei and Picicola galbulica, are described and illustrated from specimens of lice collected from the white-eared puffbird (Nystalus chacuru (Vieillot, 1816)) and the rufous-tailed jacamar (Galbula ruficauda Cuvier, 1816) in Brazil. The morphological relationships of the two new species are discussed. P. serrafreirei is the second species of Picicola recorded from the avian family Bucconidae, while P. galbulica represents the first record from the Galbulidae.

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