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Ectoparasites of ring-necked pheasants in Nebraska
W R Payne1, D W Oates, G E Dappen
1Department of Biology, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln 68504.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
|July 1, 1990
Abstract:
In 1971, 1983 and 1984, ectoparasites were identified on 61 ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) from Nebraska. Birds were collected throughout the state from 11 of 93 counties. Four species of chewing lice (Mallophaga) were collected: Lipeurus maculosus, Goniodes colchici, Lagopoecus colchicus and Amyrsidea megalosoma. One species of analgid mite, Megninia sp. was collected. Apparently, this species is new and undescribed. The four mallophagan species have not been reported from Nebraska.