Riding into the future on a fly: toward a better understanding of phoresy and avian lice evolution (Phthiraptera) by screening bird carcasses for phoretic lice on hippoboscid flies (Diptera)
L. Lee, D. J. X. Tan, D. R. Gustafsson, J. Obona, Y. Ang, R. Meier
The paper uses NGS barcoding to study phoretic relationships between avian lice and hippoboscid flies by screening bird carcasses, discovering new phoresy cases and interaction networks.
bioRxiv · Nov 2, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology