title: Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from Calidris fuscicollis (Aves: Scolopacidae) in Southern Brazil.
abstract: During April and September from 2010 to 2012, 80 birds of the species Calidris fuscicollis (white-rumped sandpiper) were collected for parasitological studies in the southern coast of Rio Grande do Sul, under ICMBIO license No. 26234-1. For ectoparasite collection, the birds were first submerged in water with detergent. The parasites found were fixed in 70% alcohol, cleared in 10% potassium hydroxide and mounted in Canada balsam. Of 80 birds examined, 79% were parasitized. Actornithophilus umbrinus (47.5%), Actornithophilus lacustris (37.5%), Actornithophilus spp. (13.75%), Carduiceps zonarius (26.25%), Lunaceps incoenis (27.5%), and Lunaceps spp. (16.25%) were the species found with their respective prevalence. We record for the first time parasitism by chewing lice in Calidris fuscicollis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Parasitologia de Animais Silvestres, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia (DEMP), Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Brazil. Electronic address: sng.bio@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Sâmara Nunes
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Parasitologia de Animais Silvestres, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia (DEMP), Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Brazil.
authors.forename: Tatiana Cheuiche
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Pesenti
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Biologia e Ecologia de Cordados, Centro de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maximiano Pinheiro
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Cirne
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Parasitologia de Animais Silvestres, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia (DEMP), Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Brazil.
authors.forename: Gertrud
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D010373:Lice Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008003:Phthiraptera / Q000145:classification*
keywords: Actornithophilus; Carduiceps; Ectoparasites; Lunaceps; Migratory birds; White-rumped sandpiper