İstanbul'da Haziran 2011'de yakalanan bir erkek kerkenezden (Falco tinnunculus) üç adet bit toplandı. Bitlerin mikroskobik incelemesinde iki çiğneyici bit türü (Colpocephalum subzerafae ve Laemobothrion tinnunculi) tespit edildi. Toplanan bitlerin hepsinin erkek olduğu belirlendi. Kerkenezde bulunan bu türler Türkiye'den ilk kayıttır
On the examination of a male kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), which was captured in İstanbul in June of 2011, three lice were collected. The lice were examined microscopically and two species of chewing lice (Colpocephalum subzerafae and Laemobothrion tinnunculi) were identified. All of the lice were male. These species are recorded for the first time from Turkey
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