Journal article
ON THE IDENTITY OF ESTHIOPTERUM TATAUPA CARRIKER, 1936 (PSOCODEA: PHTHIRAPTERA: ISCHNOCERA): A FURNARIID LOUSE SPECIES
The Journal of parasitology, v 112(2), pp 158-161
25 Mar 2026
PMID: 41881365
Abstract
Reexamination of the holotype of the louse species Esthiopterum tataupa Carriker, 1936 demonstrated that the species belongs to the genus Furnariphilus Price and Clayton, 1995 and is conspecific with Furnariphilus parkeri Price and Clayton, 1995. The Tataupa tinamou Crypturellus t. tataupa (Temminck, 1815), originally listed as the type host of this species, is not the true host. This association likely resulted from contamination during Carriker's 1934 Bolivian collections, when a furnariid (Sclerurus albigularis albicollis Carriker, 1935) was obtained at the same locality. The present study refines both the taxonomy and host association of this louse species and underscores the importance of continued critical evaluation of historical type specimens and refined morphological analysis. It also underscores the value of well-documented collections of hosts and parasites with associated field notes for assessing taxonomy and documenting ecological and evolutionary relationships of hosts and their parasites.
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- Title
- ON THE IDENTITY OF ESTHIOPTERUM TATAUPA CARRIKER, 1936 (PSOCODEA: PHTHIRAPTERA: ISCHNOCERA): A FURNARIID LOUSE SPECIES
- Creators
- Kamila M D Kuabara - Drexel UniversityMichel P Valim - Universidade IguaçuJason D Weckstein (Corresponding Author) - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- The Journal of parasitology, v 112(2), pp 158-161
- Publisher
- BioOne
- Number of pages
- 4
- Grant note
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientimath;fico e Tecnologico (CNPq): 380354/2024-1, 101988/2024-9 NSF: DEB-1855812
We thank Jason Weintraub, collections manager of the ANSP Entomology collection, for facilitating access to the ANSP louse collection and both Petra Sierwald, Associate Curator at FMNH, and Jim Boone (deceased), former collections manager of Entomology at FMNH, for the long term loan of the FMNH louse collection to the J.D.W. lab at ANSP, without which this and other work on lice would not be possible. This work was partially supported by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient & imath;fico e Tecnologico (CNPq) under the grants 380354/2024-1 and 101988/2024-9 (to M.P.V.) and NSF DEB-1855812 (to J.D.W.).
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES); Ornithology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001824428500001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105034377688
- Other Identifier
- 991022171709604721