33 New Ectoparasite (Phthiraptera; Siphonaptera; Diptera) Records from Birds (Strigiformes: Passeriformes) and Mammals (Lagomorpha; Rodentia) in Southeastern Oklahoma Chris T. McAllister Science and Mathematics Division, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Idabel, OK 74745 Lance A. Durden Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30458 Kylie N. Brecheisen Science and Mathematics Division, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Idabel, OK 74745 Will K. Reeves USDA-APHIS-BRS, Fort Collins, CO 80526 Abstract: Little is known about many of the ectoparasites occurring on higher vertebrate hosts LQ2NODKRPD+HUHZHUHSRUWQLQHWD[DRIHFWRSDUDVLWHVIURP2NODKRPDIRUWKH¿UVWWLPH7KHVH LQFOXGH ¿YH VSHFLHV RI FKHZLQJ OLFH >Degeeriella fulva from Buteo lineatus (red-shouldered hawk), Strigiphilus otus from Megascops asio (eastern screech owl), Philopterus osborni and Myrsidea interrupta from Corvus brachyrhynchos (common crow), and Stachiella octomaculatus from 6\OYLODJXV ÀRULGDQXV HDVWHUQ FRWWRQWDLO @ WKUHH VSHFLHV RI ÀHDV >&ediopsylla simplex and Odontopsyllus multisinosus from 6 ÀRULGDQXV and Polygenis gwyni from 1HRWRPD ÀRULGDQD (eastern woodrat)], and a dipteran (Ornithoctona erythrocephala from B. lineatus). UDWKHUWKDQKDYLQJWRFROOHFWDQGWKHQHXWKDQL]H Introduction live specimens. Here, we continue that research by reporting new state records for nine taxa of Over the past half-decade, our research ectoparasites from select birds and mammals. consortium has provided information on various ectoparasites occurring on hosts in Oklahoma for Methods WKH¿UVWWLPH 0F$OOLVWHUHWDODE D 0F$OOLVWHU DQG 'XUGHQ 7KUHH DYLDQV IURP 0F&XUWDLQ &RXQW\ D E &RQQLRU HW DO 2QH RI including a common crow (Corvus these reports presented information on a road- brachyrhynchos), eastern screech owl killed great-horned owl (Bubo virginianus) from (Megascops asio), and red-shouldered hawk WKHVWDWHWKDW\LHOGHGLQIRUPDWLRQRQ¿YHWD[DRI (Buteo lineatus) were found dead on the road. SDUDVLWHV7KLVVKRZHGWKDWXWLOL]LQJURDGNLOOHG In addition, an eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus raptors for parasite surveys was an excellent way ÀRULGDQXV) was shot and an eastern woodrat to conduct research in the name of conservation (1HRWRPD ÀRULGDQD) was found dead. All Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 98: pp 33 - 36 (2018) 34 C.T. McAllister, L.A. Durden, K.N. Brecheisen, and W.K. Reeves were brought to the laboratory for ectoparasitic restricted to owls. Previous records from M. asio H[DPLQDWLRQ7KRVHVSHFLPHQVWKDWDSSHDUHGWR DUHIURP$UL]RQD*HRUJLD,QGLDQD0DU\ODQG be recently killed showed no sign of putrefaction. 0LQQHVRWD 1HZ <RUN 2UHJRQ 7H[DV DQG 7KHIHDWKHUVDQGKDLUZHUHYLJRURXVO\EUXVKHG %ULWLVK &ROXPELD &DQDGD (PHUVRQ over a white enamel tray to help see ectoparasites 7KHUHDUHUHFRUGVIURPIRXUDGGLWLRQDOVSHFLHVRI and those found were placed in individual 1HZ:RUOGRZOVIURP&RDKXLODDQG0LFKRDFDQ YLDOVRI YY HWKDQROVHOHFWHGVSHFLPHQV 0p[LFRDQG$UL]RQD &OD\WRQ3ULFHHWDO were FOHDUHG LQ SRWDVVLXP K\GUR[LGH 2003). dehydrated through an ethanol series, further cleared in xylene, and slide-mounted in Canada Philopterus osborni Edwards. – One balsam (Price et al. 2003). Hosts were deposited female P. osborni / ZDV IRXQG RQ C. as photovouchers and are housed in the Eastern brachyrhynchos FROOHFWHGIURP6PLWKYLOOH Oklahoma State University-Idabel collection, ¶´1¶´: 7KLVORXVH Idabel, Oklahoma. Voucher specimens of is widespread in North America and has been ectoparasites were deposited in the General UHFRUGHGIURP¿YHVSHFLHVRICorvus but mainly Ectoparasite Collection in the Department from C. brachyrhynchos (Price et al. 2003). of Biology at Georgia Southern University, Philopterid chewing lice are ectoparasites of Statesboro, Georgia, or the G. P. Gillette birds and some species serve as vectors of Museum of Arthropod Diversity Colorado State ¿ODULDOQHPDWRGHV 'XUGHQ University (CSUC), Fort Collins, Colorado, Menoponidae under individual accession numbers. Myrsidea interrupta Osborn. ±7ZR PDOHV Results and Discussion and one female M. interrupta / ZHUH removed from C. brachyrhynchos collected All birds and mammals examined were RQ )HEUXDU\ IURP 6PLWKYLOOH ¶ infested with various live ectoparasites. Nine ´1 ¶ ´: 7KLV FKHZLQJ WD[DLQFOXGLQJ¿YHVSHFLHVRIFKHZLQJOLFHWKUHH louse was originally described from an American VSHFLHVRIÀHDVDQGDGLSWHUDQZHUHFROOHFWHG crow from Nebraska and is widespread in North All ectoparasites are reported from Oklahoma $PHULFD (PHUVRQ However, Emerson IRUWKH¿UVWWLPH7KHQLQHHFWRSDUDVLWHVSHFLHV GLG QRW UHFRUG LW IURP 2NODKRPD7KLV recovered are presented below in annotated louse appears to be genus specL¿FDVLWKDVRQO\ format. been recorded from birds of the genus Corvus (Price et al. 2003). Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae Trichodectidae Degeeriella fulva Giebel. ± 7KUHH PDOHV Stachiella octomaculatus Paine.±7ZR and seven females (accession no. L3820) were males, one female, and two nymphs of S. removed from a B. lineatus collected on 2 March octomaculatus / ZHUH WDNHQ IURP D IURP:ULJKW&LW\ ¶´1¶ 6 ÀRULGDQXV FROOHFWHG RQ 0DUFK ´: 7KLVORXVHLVDFRPPRQHFWRSDUDVLWH IURP +DZRUWK ¶ ´1 ¶ RI D ZLGH YDULHW\ RI UDSWRUV (PHUVRQ ´: 7KLVORXVHLVW\SLFDOO\IRXQGRQWKH 3ULFHHWDO DOWKRXJK(PHUVRQ GLG raccoon, Procyon lotor 7KH KRVW DVVRFLDWLRQ not record it from Oklahoma. recorded here might be considered accidental and/or could be the result of both mammals Strigiphilus otus Emerson. – One male, cohabitating in a nest or burrow. one female, and two nymphs of S. otus / Siphonaptera: Pulicidae were taken from M. asio collected on 22 January IURP 6PLWKYLOOH ¶ ´1 Cediopsylla simplex (Baker) (rabbit ¶´: 7KLV ORXVH LV mainly an ÀHD ± 7KUHH PDOHV DQG WZR IHPDOHV RI C. ectoparasite of the screech owl and the genus is simplex / ZHUH IRXQG RQ 6 ÀRULGDQXV Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 98: pp 33 - 36 (2018) New Ectoparasite Records from Birds and Mammals in SE Oklahoma 35 FROOHFWHG RQ 0DUFK IURP +DZRUWK %HTXDHUW0DD'LFN ¶´1¶´: 7KLV LV D ZLGHVSUHDG ÀHD RI ODJRPRUSKV DQG WKHLU In conclusion, we document nine new predators in the eastern two-thirds of North distributional records for ectoparasites of some $PHULFD +ROODQG'XUGHQHWDO common birds and mammals from Oklahoma. 2QFH DJDLQ VHH 1HOGHU DQG 5HHYHV Rhopalopsyllidae 0F$OOLVWHU HW DO WKLV VXUYH\ LOOXVWUDWHV Polygenis gwyni (C. Fox). – A single male WKHVLJQL¿FDQFHRIVDOYDJLQJURDGNLOOHGUDSWRUV P. gwyni / ZDVIRXQGRQD1ÀRULGDQD and other birds and vertebrates which can yield FROOHFWHGRQ-DQXDU\LQ6PLWKYLOOH knowledge on their parasites when data could ¶´1¶´: 7KLVLVDQ not be otherwise obtained because of state and unusual occurrence since woodrats tend to be IHGHUDOUHVWULFWLRQVRQFROOHFWLQJDQGHXWKDQL]LQJ XQFRPPRQKRVWVRIWKLVÀHD,WLVPRUHRIWHQ live birds, all in the spirit of conservation. In reported from hispid cotton rats (Sigmodon addition, these ectoparasites can be screened for hispidus), the most commonly recorded host of VLJQL¿FDQWWLFNORXVHDQGÀHDERUQHSDWKRJHQV P. gwyni 0F$OOLVWHUHWDOE ,QDGGLWLRQ as shown by Reeves et al. (2005). there are also several records of P. gwyni from Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) and Acknowledgments some other mammals throughout its range in the VRXWKHUQ86 6PLW'XUGHQHWDO 7KH 2NODKRPD 'HSDUWPHQW RI :LOGOLIH &RQVHUYDWLRQDQG86)LVKDQG:LOGOLIH6HUYLFH Leptopsyllidae IRU SURYLGHG 6FLHQWL¿F &ROOHFWLQJ 3HUPLWV WR Odontopsyllus multispinosus Baker. – One &70WRVDOYDJHPLJUDWRU\ELUGV, permit numbers male and one female O. multispinosus / DQG0%&, respectively. were found on 6 ÀRULGDQXV FROOHFWHG RQ 0DUFKIURP+DZRUWK ¶´1 References ¶´: 7KLVLVDODUJHÀHDDVVRFLDWHG with leporids and their predators in eastern North %HTXDHUW -& 7KH +LSSRERVFRLGHD RU $PHULFD +ROODQG'XUGHQHWDO ORXVH ÀLHV 'LSWHUD RI PDPPDOV DQG ELUGV 3DUW,,7D[RQRP\HYROXWLRQDQGUHYLVLRQRI Diptera: Hippoboscidae American genera and species. 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Chicago (IL): Field Museum of Natural erythrocephala actually includes several cryptic History. 7 p. species, molecular studies might clarify this. 'XUGHQ /$ /LFH 3KWKLUDSWHUD ,Q /RXVH ÀLHV VSHFLHV EHORQJ WR D IDPLO\ Mullen GR and Durden LA, editors. Medical of pupiparous dipterans, which in their adult and veterinary entomology, 3rd ed. San Diego stage are ectoparasites of birds and mammals &$ (OVHYLHU3UHVVS± Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 98: pp 33 - 36 (2018) 36 C.T. McAllister, L.A. Durden, K.N. Brecheisen, and W.K. Reeves 'XUGHQ /$ :LOVRQ 1 (FNHUOLQ 53 %DNHU 0F$OOLVWHU &7 'XUGHQ /$ &RQQLRU 0% :: 7KH ÀHD 6LSKRQDSWHUD IDXQD D 1HZ VWDWH UHFRUGV IRU WKH VXFNLQJ of Georgia, USA: Hosts, distribution and louse, Hoplopleura sciuiricola (Anoplura: medical-veterinary