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Ectoparasites (Feather Mites) on Wild Birds at Some Localities in Egypt

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Acari
Ecology
Parasitic mites

Abstract

The present study was conducted for two years (2016-2018) to throw some light on the acarofauna feather bird mites (Arachnida: Acari: (Astigmata) of some wild birds in some Egypt governorates. The study revealed the presence of 30 species of feather bird mites, belonging to 9 families and one suborder (Astigmata) were collected from 21 species within 8 families. Mites were extracted using modified Tullgren funnel and mounted in Hoyer,s medium on microscopic slides for examination. The parasitic feather mites detected in the present study included feather mites of families Alloptidae, Analgidae, Avenzoariidae, Proctophyllodidae, Pterolichidae, Trouessartiidae, Xolalgidae and Falcuferidae. The present study showed that wild birds in Egypt harbor various species of ectoparasitic feather mites.

DOI

10.21608/ajesa.2019.164154

Keywords

Mites, Feather mites, wild birds, A-stigmata

Authors

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A.

Last Name

Metwally

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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First Name

Wafaa

Last Name

Abd-Elhameed

MiddleName

F.

Affiliation

Faculty of Home Economics, Al-Azhar University, Tanta, Egypt

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First Name

Noura

Last Name

Barakat

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Faculty of Home Economics, Al-Azhar University, Tanta, Egypt

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nooramahmoud37@yahoo.com

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Volume

13

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

812

Issue Date

2019-12-01

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2021-04-14

Publish Date

2019-12-01

Page Start

47

Page End

52

Print ISSN

1687-4633

Online ISSN

2090-3790

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https://ajesa.journals.ekb.eg/article_164154.html

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28

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Journal

Publication Title

Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology

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https://ajesa.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Ectoparasites (Feather Mites) on Wild Birds at Some Localities in Egypt

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Created At

22 Jan 2023