#phoresy-enabled
New research in #RESMedVetEnt

From host to host, and continent to continent: Two #phoresy-enabled #Guimaraesiella hitchhiker louse species revealed by integrative #taxonomy (#Phthiraptera: #Ischnocera)
doi.org/10.1111/mve.70045

#COIbarcoding #Lice #CrypticSpecies
@wileyecology.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM
There's a lot more details I haven't been able to cover in this thread (especially pertaining to the value of integrative taxonomy in species discovery), but do read the full paper if you're interested in learning more, available at this link:

resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
From host to host, and continent to continent: Two phoresy‐enabled Guimaraesiella hitchhiker louse species revealed by integrative taxonomy (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera)
COI barcoding of Guimaraesiella chewing lice reveals unexpected geographical ranges of lice in the Old World Tropics. Lice in the group, including two species described here, are morphologically hom...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:23 PM