Morphological features of adults and nymphal instars of Coloceros species (Phthiraptera: Insecta) recovered from Collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto
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The present report furnishes information on the morphological features of specimens of Coloceros species collected from Collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto in district Rampur. Three nymphal instars of Coloceros sp. can be differentiated by the number of setae present on the postero-lateral angles of pterothorax and abdominal segment six to ninth in addition to nature of sclerotization and abdominal segmentation.
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Avian louse, Chaetotaxy, Coloceros, Ischnocera, Phthiraptera
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Bansal, N., Singh, P., Ahmad, A., Arya, G. and Saxena, A. K. (2010): A new species of Hohorstiella (Menoponidae: Phthiraptera) from Indian Ring Dove, Streptopelia decaocto decaocto (Columbiformes). Entomon, 35(3): 183-190
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Clay, T. (1958): Revisions of Mallophaga genera Degeeriella from the Falconiformes. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. Entomol., (London), 7: 123-207.
Lakshminaryana, K. V. (1979): A synoptic list of Mallophaga. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, 75: 39-201.
Mey, E. (1994): Beziehungen Zwischen larvemorphologie und systematik der adultibei den vogel-Ischnozeren (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Ischnocera). Mitt.Zoologisch. Mus., Berlin, 70: 3-84.
Modrzewska, M. and Zlotorzycka, J. (1987): Studies on morphology of nymphsof selected Amblycera and Ischnocera (Mallophga). Pol. Pismo. Entomol.,57: 657-672.
Palma, R. L. (1978): Slide-mounting of Lice: a Detailed Description of the Canada Balsam Technique. The New Zealand Entomolt. 6(4): 432-436
Price, R. D and Hellenthal, R. A (1996): Taxonomic importance of first instarchewing lice (Phthiraptera- Trichodectidae) from pocketgophers (Rodentia :Geomydae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am., 89: 570-578.
Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R. A., Palma, R. L., Johnson, K. P. and Clayton, D. H.(2003): The chewing lice: World checklist and biological overview. Illinois Natural History Survey special Publication, 24: X + 501 pp.
Singh, P., Aryra, G., Bansal, N. and Saxena, A. K. (2013): Chaetotaxy of an amblyceran ring dove louse, Hohorstiella rampurensis (Phthiraptera). Biojpournal. 8(2): 01-07.
Singh, P., Ahmad, A., Khan, G. and Gupta, N. (2018): Morphometric variability of three species of lice (Phthiraptera) infesting Collard-dove, Streptopelia decaocto (Aves: Columbiformes). Biojournal (In Press).
Smith, V. S. (2000): Basal ischnoceran louse phylogeny (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Goniodidae and Heptapsogasteridae). Syst. Entomol., 25: 73-94.
Tendeiro, J. (1973): Estudossobreos Goniodideos (Mallophaga: Ischnocera) dos Columbiformes, XIV- Genero Coloceras Taschenberg, 1882. Universidade De Lourenco Marques.
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Morphological features of adults and nymphal instars of Coloceros species (Phthiraptera: Insecta) recovered from Collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto. (2018). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 10(4), 1341-1344. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v10i4.1853
