New records with examples of potential host colonization events for hypopi (Acari: Hypoderatidae) from birds

Journal of Medical Entomology
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Abstract

New host, geographic records, or both are established for 14 species of hypoderatid deutonymphs from 14 species of birds in North America. Ten of these records are regarded as examples of a potential host colonization event where these hypopi have become established in hosts other than those with which they are normally associated. Herein, potential host colonization events by hypoderatid deutonymphs are regarded as more of an ecologically determined than physiologically specific phenomenon, often specifically related to sharing of nesting sites in the same rookeries by different host taxa. Neottialges ibisicola Young & Pence is placed as a junior synonym of Neottialges plegadicola Fain. The taxonomic status of Hypodectes propus from columbid versus ardeid hosts needs further study.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title New records with examples of potential host colonization events for hypopi (Acari: Hypoderatidae) from birds
Series title Journal of Medical Entomology
DOI 10.1093/jmedent/34.4.411
Volume 34
Issue 4
Year Published 1997
Language English
Publisher Oxford Academic
Contributing office(s) National Wildlife Health Center
Description 6 p.
First page 411
Last page 416
Other Geospatial North America
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