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FIRST REPORT OF CICONIPHILUS DECIMFASCIATUS (AMBLYCERA: MENOPONIDAE) IN CASMERODIUS ALBUS (AVES: CICONIIFORMES) FROM BRAZIL

PRIMEIRO RELATO DE CICONIPHILUS DECIMFASCIATUS (AMBLYCERA: MENOPONIDAE) EM CASMERODIUS ALBUS (AVES: CICONIIFORMES) NO BRASIL

ABSTRACT

This article reports, for the first time in Brazil, the occurrence of the louse Ciconiphilus decimfasciatus parasitizing the great egret (Casmerodius albus) from the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.

KEY WORDS
Ciconiphilus decimfasciatus ; Casmerodius albus ; louse; great egret; Ciconiiformes; Phthiraptera

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