First Record of the Genus Trochiliphagus Carriker 1960 (Amblycera: Ricinidae) Infesting a Hummingbird from Brazil.
Ricardo Bassini SilvaIsabella Pereira PesenatoDarci Moraes Barros-BatesttiFernando de Castro JacinaviciusPublished in: Neotropical entomology (2024)
Four genera and at least fifty species of chewing lice have been recorded infesting hummingbirds (Trochilidae). Here, we record for the first time, the genus Trochiliphagus in Brazil, as well as, a new host record for Trochiliphagus mellivorus Carriker, the fork-tailed woodnymph, Thalurania furcata.
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