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1. A new species of the feather mite genus Rhinozachvatkinia (Acari: Avenzoariidae) from Calonectris shearwaters (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae): integrating morphological descriptions with DNA barcode data

Creator:
Stefan, Laura M., McCoy, Karen D., and Mironov, Sergey
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Subject:
Bonnetellinae, ectoparasites, taxonomy, morphology, molecular study, new species, mites, birds, and COI
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English
Description:
Rhinozachvatkinia calonectris sp. n., a new species of the feather mite genus Rhinozachvatkinia Mironov, 1989 (Avenzoariidae: Bonnetellinae), is described from two species of shearwaters in the North-East of the Atlantic Ocean, Calonectris edwardsii (Oustalet) (type host) and Calonectris borealis (Cory) (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae). We completed the morphological description of this new feather mite species with sequence data on the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene fragment (COI). The full generic status of Rhinozachvatkinia, originally established as a subgenus of Zachvatkinia Dubinin, 1949, is formally fixed and its systematic relationships are briefly discussed.
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2. Acanthocephalans of the family Centrorhynchidae (Palaeacanthocephala) from Bulgaria

Creator:
Dimitrova, Zlatka M., Georgiev, Boyko B., and Genov, Todor
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Subject:
Acanthocephala, Centrorhynchidae, birds, morphology, and Bulgaria
Language:
English
Description:
Five species of acanthocephalans of the family Centrorhynchidae are recorded from birds in Bulgaria: Centrorhynchus amphihius Das, 1950 from Buteo buteo (L.) (new host record), C. glohocaudatus (Zeder. 1800) Luhe, 1911 from Falco tin-nunculus L. and F. vespertinus L, (new host record), Sphaerimstris picae (Rudolphi, 1819) Golvan, 1960 from Pica pica (L.) and Lanius excuhitor L. (new host record), S. lancea (Westrumb, 1821) Golvan, 1960 from Vanellus vanellus (L.), and S. turili (Yamaguti, 1939) Golvan, 1960 from Turdus merula L„ Cinclus cinclus (L.) (new host record) and Stumus vulgaris L. (new host record). New geographical record for Europe is this of C. amphihius, and for Bulgaria - this of S. lurdi. The species are described and figured on the basis of Bulgarian specimens. Sphaerimstris picae is recognized as a valid species and S. teres is considered its synonym. A male of S. picae with a copulatory cap is reported.
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3. Antické mýty jinak. II. Ptáci

Creator:
Pavlík, Tomáš
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article, články, journal articles, model:article, and TEXT
Subject:
Zoologie, zoologie, ptáci, birds, 2, and 59
Language:
Czech
Description:
Mnoho vědeckých jmen ptáků je odvozeno od antických mýtických jmen. Důvodem je mimo jiné to, že bohové za trest nebo z dalších příčin proměňovali mýtické postavy v ptáky. Příklady uvádí druhý díl seriálu., Many scientific names of birds are derived from ancient Greek and Roman mythical names. One of the reasons is that gods used to turn mythical characters into birds as a punishment or for other causes. The examples are given in the second part of the series., and Tomáš Pavlík.
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4. Castosyringophilus meropis sp. n. (Acariformes: Syringophilidae): a new quill mite species parasitising the world population of Merops apiaster Linnaeus (Coraciiformes: Meropidae)

Creator:
Skoracki, Maciej, Martin Hromada, and Sikora, Bozena
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Subject:
ptáci, parazitologie, birds, parasitology, acari, ectoparasites, faunistics, systematics, 2, and 59
Language:
English
Description:
A new species, Castosyringophilus meropis sp. n., found in quills of feathers of the European bee-eater Merops apiaster Linnaeus (Coraciiformes: Meropidae) is described. This new species is close to C. claravis Skoracki et Glowska, 2008 and differs, in females, by the presence apunctate coxal fields (vs sparsely punctate in C. claravis) and by the lengths of setae d1 145-180 µm, f2 170-185 µm and ag3 190-215 µm (vs d1 200-220 µm, f2 230-250 µm and ag3 150-170 µm). We present a vast mite material collected from bee-eaters originated from different localities in Europe, Asia and Africa, both breeding and wintering grounds of this bird. It indicates that the whole world population of the European bee-eater is parasitised by this quill mite species., Maciej Skoracki, Martin Hromada, Bozena Sikora., and Obsahuje bibliografii
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5. Co je nového v ornitologii: mapování hnízdního rozšíření ptáků v České republice

Creator:
Karel Šťastný and Vladimír Bejček
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article, text, články, journal articles, model:article, and TEXT
Subject:
Biologické vědy, biologie, ornitologie, hnízdiště, ptáci, mapování, atlasy, nests sides, biology, ornithology, birds, mapping, atlases, Česko, Czechia, avifauna, hnízdní rozšíření, 2, and 57/59
Language:
Czech
Description:
Od poloviny 70. let 20. stol. se již počtvrté obracíme prostřednictvím časopisu Živa na seriózní pozorovatele přírody s žádostí o pomoc při mapování hnízdního rozšíření ptáků v ČR. Výsledkem předcházejících tří mapování byly publikované Atlasy hnízdního rozšíření ptáků v ČR v letech 1973-77, 1985-89 a 2001-03. Současné mapování avifauny probíhá v ČR v letech 2014-17 a výsledkem bude nový atlas, který přinese další konfrontaci s daty získanými stejně exaktním způsobem jako v předcházejících třech obdobích. V prvním roce mapování se zapojilo 271 spolupracovníků, kteří obsadili 61 % mapovacích kvadrátů na území ČR. K prvním zajímavým výsledkům patří zaznamenání 8 případů průkazného zahnízdění nepůvodního invazního druhu - husice nilské (Alopochen aegyptiaca)., The current breeding mapping in 2014-17 is the fourth mapping organized in the Czech Republic since the 1970s. Results of previous mapping attempts are summarized in three Atlases of breeding birds. This article is a call for the cooperation of Živa readers. It also presents pilot results from the first year (2014) of field work, based on records from 271 contributors who covered 61 % of the whole territory of the Czech Republic. One of the interesting results is the map of breeding distribution of the invasive Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca), with 8 confirmed breedings., and Karel Šťastný, Vladimír Bejček.
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6. Costanera Sur - za zvířaty v argentinském velkoměstě

Creator:
Andrej Funk and Funková, Kateřina
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article, články, journal articles, model:article, and TEXT
Subject:
Zoologie, zoologie, národní parky, ptáci, savci, životní prostředí, ekologie, national parks, birds, mammals, environment, ecology, 2, and 59
Language:
Czech
Description:
The Costanera Sur ecological reserve in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was established in 1986 on the banks of the Rio de la Plata on excavated substrata landfill, where free space was left for plant and animal communities to take over. The 350 ha of the reserve include such biotopes as wetlands, pampas and small areas of woodland, providing a valuable site for the city's inhabitants to meet various species of animals in close proximity to the historical city centre, e.g. 270 bird species have been re­corded there., Andrej Funk, Kateřina Funková., Ekologická rezervace Costanera Sur v Buenos Aires v Argentině vznikla v roce 1986 na břehu Río de La Plata na skládce vytěženého substrátu, kde byl ponechán volný prostor k sukcesi společenstev rostlin a živočichů. Na ploše 350 ha rezervace zahrnuje biotopy mokřadů, pampy a malých úseků lesa a představuje cennou lokalitu pro rekreaci obyvatel města i pro poznávání různých druhů zvířat v těsné blízkosti historického centra města. Zatím zde byl doložen výskyt např. 270 druhů ptáků., and cze
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7. Defeating diplostomoid dangers in USA catfish aquaculture

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Overstreet, Robin M. and Curran, Stephen S.
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Diplostomoidea, Clinostomum, aquaculture, pathology, catfish, birds, snails, control methods, and USA
Language:
English
Description:
Diplostomoid digenean metacercariae have caused widescale mortalities of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque), at aquaculture farms in Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, USA. Originally, based on a tentative diagnosis, the industry considered the primary harmful agent to be an introduced species from Europe, Bolbophorus confusus (Krause, 1914), frequently reported from the American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin. Our group has now shown, using ITS 1-2 plus three more-conservative gene fragments, that two sympatric species of Bolbophorus exist in the American white pelican. One, B. damnificus Overstreet et Curran, 2002, infects the musculature of catfish, and the other, probably not B. confusus, does not infect catfish. However, at least four other pathogenic diplostomoids and a clinostomoid infect the catfish, and they use at least four different snail hosts, including the planorbids Planorbella trivolvis (Say) and Gyraulus parvus (Say), the physid Physella gyrina (Say) and a lymnaeid. Two metacercariae, B. damnificus and Bursacetabulus pelecanus Dronen, Tehrany et Wardle, 1999, infect the catfish and mature in the pelican; two others, Austrodiplostomum compactum (Lutz, 1928) and Hysteromorpha cf. triloba (Rudolphi, 1819), mature in cormorants; one, Diplostomum sp., matures in seagulls and at least one, Clinostomum marginatum (Rudolphi, 1819), matures in herons, egrets and other wading birds. Consequently, management of catfish ponds relative to digenean infections requires considerable biological information on the fish, bird, and snail hosts as well as the parasites.
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8. Detection of tick-borne pathogens in wild birds and their ticks in Western Siberia and high level of their mismatch

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Korobitsyn, Igor G., Moskvitina, Nina S., Tyutenkov, Oleg Yu., Gashkov, Sergey I., Kononova, Yulia V., Moskvitin, Sergey S., Romanenko, Vladimir N., Mikryukova, Tamara P., Protopopova, Elena V., Kartashov, Mikhail Yu., Chausov, Eugene V., Konovalova, Svetlana N., Tupota, Natalia L., Sementsova, Alexandra O., Ternovoi, Vladimir A., and Loktev, Valery B.
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počítač and online zdroj
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Subject:
ptáci, birds, Ixodes, WNV, TBEV, Borrelia spp., Rickettsia spp., Anaplasma spp., Bartonella spp., Ehrlichia spp., Babesia spp., 2, and 59
Language:
English
Description:
The Tomsk region located in the south of Western Siberia is one of the most high-risk areas for tick-borne diseases due to elevated incidence of tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme disease in humans. Wild birds may be considered as one of the reservoirs for tick-borne pathogens and hosts for infected ticks. A high mobility of wild birds leads to unpredictable possibilities for the dissemination of tick-borne pathogens into new geographical regions. The primary goal of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in wild birds and ticks that feed on them as well as to determine the role of different species of birds in maintaining the tick-borne infectious foci. We analysed the samples of 443 wild birds (60 species) and 378 ticks belonging to the genus Ixodes Latraille, 1795 collected from the wild birds, for detecting occurrence of eight tick-borne pathogens, the namely tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), West Nile virus (WNV), and species of Borrelia, Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Bartonella and Babesia Starcovici, 1893, using RT-PCR/or PCR and enzyme immunoassay. One or more tick-borne infection markers were detected in 43 species of birds. All markers were detected in samples collected from fieldfare Turdus pilaris Linnaeus, Blyth's reed warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Blyth, common redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Linnaeus), and common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus. Although all pathogens have been identified in birds and ticks, we found that in the majority of cases (75.5 %), there were mismatches of pathogens in birds and ticks collected from them. Wild birds and their ticks may play an extremely important role in the dissemination of tick-borne pathogens into different geographical regions., Igor G. Korobitsyn, Nina S. Moskvitina, Oleg Yu. Tyutenkov, Sergey I. Gashkov, Yulia V. Kononova, Sergey S. Moskvitin, Vladimir N. Romanenko, Tamara P. Mikryukova, Elena V. Protopopova, Mikhail Yu. Kartashov, Eugene V. Chausov, Svetlana N. Konovalova, Natalia L. Tupota, Alexandra O. Sementsova, Vladimir A. Ternovoi, Valery B. Loktev., and Obsahuje bibliografii
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9. Digenean parasites of the great antshrike, Taraba major (Aves: Thamnophilidae), from Argentina, with a description of a new species of the genus Strigea (Strigeidae)

Creator:
Lunaschi, Lía I. and Drago, Fabiana B.
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Subject:
Strigea orbiculata sp. n., Dicrocoeliidae, Lyperosomum oswaldoi, Passeriformes, South America, Digenea, taxonomy, and birds
Language:
English
Description:
During a survey of birds from Argentina, two species of Digenea, one of them new, were found parasitizing the great antshrike, Taraba major (Vieillot) (Aves: Thamnophilidae). The strigeid, Strigea orbiculata sp. n. is characterized by having a body plump, a copulatory bursa without a membraneous fold ('Ringnapf'), entire testes, eggs with miracidia with eye-spots, by the arrangement of vitelline follicles in the forebody, which are densely distributed from its anterior edge, and by the absence of a neck region in the hindbody. Among the known Neotropical species of Strigea Abildgaard, 1790, only five share with Strigea orbiculata sp. n. the body shape and the distribution of vitelline follicles in the forebody: Strigea caluri Dubois, 1962, S. elliptica (Brandes, 1888), S. inflecta Lunaschi et Drago, 2012, S. nugax Szidat, 1928 and S. sphaerocephala (Westrumb, 1823 nec Brandes 1888). However, S. caluri can be easily distinguished by having a membraneous fold in the copulatory bursa originated from ''Ringnapf'', and multilobed testes. Strigea elliptica differs mainly by having a well developed ''Ringnapf'' and the remaining species differ principally by metrical characters. The dicrocoeliid, Lyperosomum oswaldoi (Travassos, 1919) is reported for the first time from Argentina and T. major represents its new definitive host. The host specificity of Neotropical Strigea spp. is discussed and an updated list of records of their hosts is provided.
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10. Ernst Schäfer a Tibet - výzkumné dobrodružství svázané s nacismem

Creator:
Jan Robovský and Hrubý, Jiří
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Subject:
Zoologie, Schäfer, Ernst, 1910-1992, přírodovědci, savci, ptáci, nacismus, naturalists, mammals, birds, Nazism, Tibet (Čína), 2, and 59
Language:
Czech
Description:
Ernst Schäfer (1910-1992) byl německý zoolog, sběratel přírodnin a cestovatel známý zejména díky třem průkopnickým výpravám do Tibetu, území, kam se přírodovědci prakticky nedostali až do druhé poloviny 20. století. Třetí expedice z let 1938-39 je poněkud kontroverzní, neboť se stala součástí nacistické propagandy a její cíle nebyly čistě jen vědecké., Ernst Schäfer (1910–92) was a German zoologist, collector and explorer who is primarily known for his three pioneering expeditions to Tibet, which was virtually closed to science well into the second half of the 20th century. The third expedition, in 1938–39, was rather controversial as it became a part of Nazi propaganda and its goals were not purely scientific., and Jan Robovský, Jiří Hrubý.
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