Bio-ecology of the louse, Upupicola upupae, infesting the Common Hoopoe, Upupa epops
Department of Zoology, Government Raza Postgraduate College, Rampur (U.P.) 244901, India
Abstract
The population characteristics of the louse, Upupicola upupae (Shrank) (Mallophaga: Philopteridae: Ishnocera), infesting the Common Hoopae, Upupa epops L. (Aves: Upupiformes), were recorded during 2007-08 in District Rampur, Uttar Pradesh India. The pattern of frequency distribution of the louse conformed to the negative binomial model. The lice and its nits were reared in vitro at 35 + 1° C, 75-82 % RH, on a feather diet. The data obtained was used to construct the life table and to determine the intrinsic rate of natural increase (0.035 female/day), the net reproductive rate was 3.67 female eggs/female, the generation time was 37 days, and the doubling time of the population was 19 days. The chaetotaxy of the three nymphal instars has also been noted to record their diagnostic characteristics. Information on egg morphology and antennal sensilla is also presented.
Keywords: Ischnocera, Phthiraptera, Upupicola upupae
Correspondence:
a*dr.gpagarwal@rediffmail.com,
bdraftab.lifescience@rediffmail.com,
carchna.rashmi@rediffmail.com,
dguaravaryan18@gmail.com,
enanci.rampur@rediffmail.com,
fakscsir@rediffmail.com, *Corresponding author
Received: 9 November 2009 | Accepted: 15 January 2011 | Published: 11 April 2011
Copyright: This is an open access paper. We use the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license that permits unrestricted use, provided that the paper is properly attributed.
ISSN: 1536-2442 | Volume 11, Number 46
Agarwal GP, Ahmad A, Rashmi A, Arya G, Bansal N, Saxena AK. 2011. Bio-ecology of the louse, Upupicola upupae, infesting the Common Hoopoe, Upupa epops. Journal of Insect Science 11:46 available online: insectscience.org/11.46
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