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An Assessment of Host Associations, Geographic Distributions, and Genetic Diversity of Avian Chewing Lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from Benin.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Apr 2017
Takano Oona M, Mitchell Preston S, Gustafsson Daniel R, Adite Alphonse, Voelker Gary, Light Jessica E
Abstract excerpt
Host associations of highly host-specific chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) across multiple avian species remains fairly undocumented in the West African country of Benin. Two hundred and seventeen bird specimens collected from multiple localities across Benin and housed at the Texas A&M University Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections were examined for lice. Lice were identified and genetic data...
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