A critically co-endangered feather louse Forficuloecus pezopori n. sp. (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) detected through conservation intervention for the western ground parrot Pezoporus flaviventris (Psittaculidae)

A critically co-endangered feather louse Forficuloecus pezopori n. sp. (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) detected through conservation intervention for the western ground parrot Pezoporus flaviventris (Psittaculidae)

Forficuloecus pezopori Martin, Keatley & Ash n. sp. from the western ground parrot Pezoporus flaviventris North, 1911 (Psittaculidae) is proposed based on combined evidence from morphology and COI mitochondrial DNA. Phylogenetically, the new species is closest to its two known congeners from...

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Main Authors: Storm Blas Martin, Sarah Keatley, Alisa Wallace, Rebecca J. Vaughan-Higgins, Amanda Ash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-08-01
Series:International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Subjects:
Co-extinction
Psocodea
Ischnocera
Lice
Endemic
Translocation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224424000270

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