• DOI:10.1093/JMEDENT/24.5.592
• Corpus ID: 38200335

Ectoparasites of the pelagic cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus, from the Pribilof Islands, Alaska.

@article{Choe1987EctoparasitesOT,
  title={Ectoparasites of the pelagic cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus, from the Pribilof Islands, Alaska.},
  author={Jae Chun Choe and K. C. Kim},
  journal={Journal of medical entomology},
  year={1987},
  volume={24 5},
  pages={
          592-4
        }
}

• J. Choe, K. Kim
• Published 1 September 1987
• Biology
• Journal of medical entomology

Ectoparasites of the Pelagic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas, collected from St. Paul Island, Alaska, included two species of insects and five species of acarines. Astigmatid mites, Neottialges pelagicus OConnor and Scutomegninia sp. (undescribed), were the most abundant group of ectoparasites. The majority of N. pelagicus were collected from the breast and belly, whereas a feather mite, Scutomegninia sp. (undescribed), was recovered almost exclusively from the wings. Two species of ticks, Ixodes uriae White and Ixodes signatus Birula, formed the second most numerous group and showed a pattern of space partitioning. Two chewing lice, Pectinopygus insularis Clay and Eidmanniella pellucida (Rudow), and one cryptostigmatid mite, Ameronothrus nidicola Sitnikova, which seems to be a facultative symbiont, were relatively rare. A dissolution technique for ectoparasite extraction is described in detail.