Identity ofMenacanthus obrteliBalát (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Savi’s warbler (Passeriformes: Sylviidae)

The identity ofMenacanthus eisenachensis

The identity ofMenacanthus eisenachensisBalát (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Menoponidae) from the Reed Warbler (Passeriformes, Sylviidae)

✍ Oldřich Sychra; Jens-Kjeld Jensen; Michael de L. Brooke; Alfréd Trnka; Petr Proc 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 Versita 🌐 English ⚖ 101 KB

## Abstract Three hundred and thirty-one Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus (Hermann) were examined for chewing lice (Phthiraptera). Twenty-eight (8.5%) were parasitized with Menacanthus curuccae (Schrank, 1776). Mean intensity of infestation was 4.3 lice. Hence, the name Menacanthus eisenachens