Occurrence of Neophilopterus tricolor (Burmeister, 1838) on a black stork (Ciconia nigra) in the Kizilirmak Delta, Turkey

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Açıcı M., Eren G., Ozkoc O. U., Ozturk M., Bölükbaş C. S.

ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, vol.68, no.2, pp.177-180, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 68 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.33988/auvfd.720717
  • Journal Name: ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Veterinary Science Database, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.177-180
  • Keywords: Black stork, Ciconia nigra, Neophilopterus tricolor, Philopteridae, Phthiraptera
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A dead black stork (Ciconia nigra) was found by an a birdwatcher in the Kizilirmak Delta near Samsun, Turkey and brought to the Parasitology Laboratory of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Ondokuz Mayis University for ectoparasitological examination in December 2019. During the examination, 45 specimens of chewing lice (21 males, 18 females and 6 nymphs) were collected. All of the specimens were identified as Neophilopterus tricolor (Burmeister, 1838) (Ischnocera: Philopteridae). Neophilopterus tricolor is reported from the black stork (C. nigra) for the first time in Turkey.