Knemidokoptiasis in a Wild Bird, the Little Spiderhunter ( Arachnothera longirostra cinereicollis), in Sumatra, Indonesia

ISSN
0090-3558
Date Issued
2019
Author(s)
Janra, Muhammad N.
Herwina, Henny
Febria, Fuji A.
Mulyani, Yeni A.
DOI
10.7589/2018-02-054
Abstract
We report knemidokoptiasis in a wild male Little Spiderhunter ( Arachnothera longirostra cinereicollis; family Nectariniidae; order Passeriformes) from Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia, in September 2017. Microscopic examination of a scraping from its leg lesion revealed the presence of Knemidocoptes jamaicensis as the cause of the condition.