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Table 1

List of hosts and their chewing lice. P/E = prevalence = number of birds parasitized (P)/number of birds examined (E); MI = mean intensity = number of individuals of a particular chewing louse species on infested hosts; MA = mean abundance = number of individuals of a particular chewing louse species on examined birds; Σ = a total number of collected lice; N = nymphs; M = Menoponidae; P = Philopteridae; R = Ricinidae.

Bird species E P P/E MI MA Σ N
Chewing louse family/species (%)
PASSERIFORMES
Family Acrocephalidae
Acrocephalus arundinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) 107 0
Acrocephalus paludicola (Vieillot, 1817) 6 0
Acrocephalus melanopogon (Temminck, 1823)
P/Philopterus acrocephalus Carriker, 1949 32 31 96.9 5.3 5.1 164 56 46 62
Acrocephalus scirpaceus (Hermann, 1804)
M/Menacanthus curuccae (Schrank, 1776) 433 46 10.6 5.3 0.6 246 48 10 188
P/Brueelia sp. 433 51 1.2 2.0 0.02 10 2 0 8
P/Philopterus sp. 433 2 0.5 1.0 0.005 2 1 1 0
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
M/Menacanthus curuccae (Schrank, 1776) 363 27 7.4 11.4 0.8 308 53 14 241
P/Brueelia vaneki Balát, 1981 363 52 1.4 3.2 0.04 16 1 0 15
P/Philopterus sp. 363 1 0.3 1.0 0.003 1 0 0 1
Family Emberizidae
Emberiza schoeniclus (Linnaeus, 1758)
M/Menacanthus chrysophaeus (Kellogg, 1896) 32 2 9.4 2.7 0.3 8 1 2 5
R/Ricinus fringillae De Geer, 1778 32 1 3.1 3.0 0.1 3 0 0 3
P/Brueelia blagovescenskyi Balát, 1955 32 33 9.4 4.3 0.4 13 5 0 8
P/Philopterus citrinellae (Schrank, 1776) 32 4 12.5 1.5 0.2 6 3 1 2
Family Fringillidae
Chloris chloris (Linnaeus, 1758)
P/Philopterus citrinellae (Schrank, 1776) 45 3 6.7 2.7 0.2 8 3 1 4
Linaria cannabina (Linnaeus, 1758) 5 0
Serinus serinus (Linnaeus, 1766) 1 0
Family Hirundinidae
Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758
M/Myrsidea rustica (Giebel, 1874) 100 23 23.0 1.7 0.4 38 17 10 11
P/Acronirmus gracilis (Burmeister, 1838) 100 124 12.0 21.8 2.6 261 88 37 136
P/Philopterus microsomaticus Tandan, 1955 100 45 4.0 1.3 0.1 5 1 2 2
Riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758)
M/Machaerilaemus clayae (Balát, 1966) 47 2 4.3 2.5 0.1 5 2 0 3
M/Myrsidea latifrons (Carriker [& Shull], 1910) 47 2 4.3 1.0 0.04 2 1 0 1
P/Philopterus microsomaticus Tandan, 1955 47 16 2.1 1.0 0.02 1 0 1 0
Family Locustellidae
Locustella luscinioides (Savi, 1824)
M/Menacanthus obrteli Balát, 1981 116 20 17.2 4.5 0.8 90 36 13 41
P/Brueelia locustellae Fedorenko, 1975 116 57 4.3 14.8 0.6 74 12 5 57
Family Motacillidae
Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 2 0
Motacilla flava Linnaeus, 1758 2 0
Family Muscicapidae
Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) 1 0
Luscinia svecica (Linnaeus, 1758) 1 0
Phoenicurus ochruros (Gmelin, 1774) 1 0
Saxicola rubetra (Linnaeus, 1758) 2 0
Saxicola rubicola (Linnaeus, 1766) 1 0
Family Panuridae
Panurus biarmicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
M/Menacanthus brelihi Balát, 1981 251 148 5.6 2.1 0.1 29 8 2 19
P/Penenirmus visendus (Złotorzycka, 1964) 251 146 58.2 10.0 5.8 1461 237 210 1014
Family Paridae
Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) 1 0
Parus major Linnaeus, 1758
M/Menacanthus sinuatus (Burmeister, 1838) 3 1 1/3 2.0 0.7 2 1 1 0
Family Passeridae
Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) 1 0
Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
M/Myrsidea quadrifasciata (Piaget, 1880) 3 1 1/3 3.0 1.0 3 1 2 0
P/Rostrinirmus ruficeps (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866) 2 1 1/2 1.0 0.5 1 0 0 1
Family Sturnidae
Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
M/Menacanthus eurysternus (Burmeister, 1838) 44 169 36.4 3.4 1.2 54 21 3 30
M/Myrsidea cucullaris (Nitzsch, 1818) 44 9 20.5 6.6 1.3 59 10 22 27
P/Brueelia nebulosa (Burmeister, 1838) 44 28 63.6 6.9 4.4 192 74 61 57
P/Sturnidoecus sturni (Schrank, 1776) 44 6 13.6 1.8 0.3 11 1 7 3
Family Sylviidae
Curruca communis (Latham, 1787) 3 0
Curruca curruca (Linnaeus, 1758) 3 0
Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) 5 0
Family Troglodytidae
Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)
P/Penenirmus albiventris (Scopoli, 1763) 1 1 1/1 8.0 8.0 8 0 1 7
Family Turdidae
Turdus philomelos Brehm, 1831 2 0
CHARADRIIFORMES
Family Scolopacidae
Lymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich, 1764) 1 0
GRUIFORMES
Family Rallidae
Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758
P/Rallicola cuspidatus (Scopoli, 1763) 1 1 1/1 41.0 41.0 41 13 18 10
P/Fulicoffula sp. 1 1 1/1 2.0 2.0 2 0 0 2
PICIFORMES
Family Picidae
Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) 1 0
Dendrocopos syriacus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)
P/Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763) 2 2 2/2 13.5 13.5 27 2 0 25
Total 1621 377 23.3 8.4 1.9 3151 698 470 1983
1

Note: 2 out of 5 hosts with Brueelia also harbored Menacanthus.

2

Note: 2 out of 5 hosts with Brueelia also harbored Menacanthus.

3

Note: 1 out of 3 hosts with Brueelia harboured also Menacanthus.

4

Note: 5 out of 12 hosts with Acronirmus also harbored Myrsidea.

5

Note: 1 out of 4 hosts with Philopterus also harbored Myrsidea.

6

Note: a single host with Philopterus also harbored Myrsidea.

7

Note: 1 out of 5 hosts with Brueelia also harbored Menacanthus.

8

Note: all 14 hosts with Menacanthus also harbored Penenirmus.

9

Note: following co-occurrence of collected starling louse species were recorded: Brueelia+Menacanthus (8 birds), Brueelia+Sturnidoecus (4), Brueelia+Myrsidea (3), Menacanthus+Sturnidoecus (1), Menacanthus+Myrsidea (1), Menacanthus+Brueelia+Myrsidea (1), Menacanthus+Brueelia +Sturnidoecus (1).

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