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The fauna and abundance of chewing lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera) parasitizing sedentary passerine birds (Aves, Passeriformes) in Yakutia

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Data on the fauna, abundance and prevalence of chewing lice collected from 360 specimens of 13 sedentary species of passerine birds in Yakutia are given. A total of 3206 specimens of chewing lice belonging to 27 species of 6 genera were collected. Most of the studied bird species were infested with several chewing lice species. Exchange of parasites may take place between some bird species in the study region.

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Original Russian Text © O.N. Stepanova, 2016, published in Parazitologiya, 2016, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 387–394.

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Stepanova, O.N. The fauna and abundance of chewing lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera) parasitizing sedentary passerine birds (Aves, Passeriformes) in Yakutia. Entmol. Rev. 96, 848–852 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873816070046

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