title: Bio-ecology of the louse, Upupicola upupae, infesting the Common Hoopoe, Upupa epops.
abstract: Abstract The population characteristics of the louse, Upupicola upupae (Shrank) (Mallophaga: Philopteridae: Ishnocera), infesting the Common Hoopae, Upupa epops L. (Aves: Upupiformes), were recorded during 2007-08 in District Rampur, Uttar Pradesh India. The pattern of frequency distribution of the louse conformed to the negative binomial model. The lice and its nits were reared in vitro at 35 ± 1° C, 75-82 % RH, on a feather diet. The data obtained was used to construct the life table and to determine the intrinsic rate of natural increase (0.035 female/day), the net reproductive rate was 3.67 female eggs/female, the generation time was 37 days, and the doubling time of the population was 19 days. The chaetotaxy of the three nymphal instars has also been noted to record their diagnostic characteristics. Information on egg morphology and antennal sensilla is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Government Raza Postgraduate College, Rampur (U.P.) 244901, India. dr.gpagarwal@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Aftab
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Archna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rashmi
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arya
authors.forename: Nayanci
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Saxena
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D057506:Arthropod Antennae / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D015993:Life Tables; D008297:Male; D009758:Nymph / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification; D010063:Ovum / Q000166:cytology; D008003:Phthiraptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D011158:Population Growth