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Oldrich Sychra is affiliated with the University of Veterinary Sciences Brno in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Immunology and Microbiology, with notable emphasis on parasitology and ecology.

The scientist's work covers several interrelated subfields, including parasitology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, insect science, and genetics. Their main research topics include bird parasitology and diseases, vector-borne infectious diseases, studies of mite species, parasite biology and host interactions, insect and pesticide research, plant and animal studies, as well as animal behavior and reproduction.

Oldrich Sychra has published research findings in numerous venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Zootaxa
  • Parasite
  • European Journal of Taxonomy
  • Systematic Entomology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent papers authored or coauthored include:

  • "Updated taxonomic keys for European Hippoboscidae (Diptera), and expansion in Central Europe of the bird louse fly Ornithomya comosa (Austen, 1930) with the first record from Slovakia" (2022, ZooKeys)
  • "Supergroup F Wolbachia with extremely reduced genome: transition to obligate insect symbionts" (2023, Microbiome)
  • "Louse-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) of Birds from South Africa: Prevalence and Diversity" (2020, African Entomology)
  • "Insect ectoparasites from wild passerine birds in the Azores Islands" (2020, Parasite)
  • "Combining Nuclear and Mitochondrial Loci Provides Phylogenetic Information in the Philopterus Complex of Lice (Psocodea: Ischnocera: Philopteridae)" (2020, Journal of Medical Entomology)

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Ivan Literák
  • Tomáš Najer
  • Ivo Papoušek
  • Kevin P. Johnson
  • Stanislav Kolenčík

Oldrich Sychra's research interests and publication record reflect a focus on ectoparasites and insect vectors associated with birds, contributing knowledge relevant to the understanding of disease transmission, parasite diversity, systematics, and host interactions in avian biology.

Best Publications

  • Differential Role of Passerine Birds in Distribution of Borrelia Spirochetes, Based on Data from Ticks Collected from Birds during the Postbreeding Migration Period in Central Europe

    Lenka Dubska;Ivan Literak;Elena Kocianova;Veronika Taragelova

  • Redescriptions and new host records of chewing lice of the genus Ricinus (Phthiraptera: Ricinidae) from the Neotropical Region.

    Miroslav Valan;Oldrich Sychra;Ivan Literak

  • Feather mites of the subfamily Proctophyllodinae (Acari: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Costa Rica

    Sergey V. Mironov;Ivan Literak;Oldrich Sychra;Miroslav Capek

  • New records of Philopterus (Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from Acrocephalidae and Locustellidae, with description of one new species from Regulidae

    Tomas Najer;Ivo Papousek;Costica Adam;Alfred Trnka

  • Where are the species limits? Morphology versus genetics in Neotropical chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae), with description of three new species

    Stanislav Kolencik;Oldrich Sychra;Ivo Papousek;Ivan Literak

  • Synanthropic Birds Influence the Distribution of Borrelia Species: Analysis of Ixodes ricinus Ticks Feeding on Passerine Birds

    Lenka Dubska;Ivan Literak;Elena Kocianova;Veronika Taragelova

  • Four new species of Brueelia Kéler, 1936 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) from African hosts, with a redescription of Nirmus bicurvatus Piaget, 1880.

    Daniel R. Gustafsson;Fasheng Zou;Lucie Oslejskova;Tomas Najer

  • Two new species of Philopteroides (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) of the beckeri species-group, from New Guinean painted berrypeckers (Aves: Passeriformes: Paramythiidae).

    Tomas Najer;Daniel R. Gustafsson;Oldrich Sychra

  • Anaticola crassicornis (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) on wild geese from Pakistan.

    Saima Naz;Syed Anser Rizvi;Oldrich Sychra

  • Chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera and Ischnocera) from wild birds in southern Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species.

    Tomas Najer;Oldrich Sychra;Filip Kounek;Ivo Papousek

  • New species and new records of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera and Ischnocera) from bulbuls (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae) in Vietnam

    Tomas Najer;Oldrich Sychra;Nguyen Manh Hung;Miroslav Capek

  • Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Cardinalidae, Emberizidae, Fringillidae and Thraupidae (Aves: Passeriformes) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of four new species

    Filip Kounek;Oldrich Sychra;Miroslav Capek;Alexandra Lipkova

  • Chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from wild passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in northern Vietnam, with descriptions of three new species

    Tomas Najer;Oldrich Sychra;Nguyen Manh Hung;Miroslav Capek

  • New records and a new species of chewing lice (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Ischnocera) found on Columbidae (Columbiformes) in Pakistan

    Saima Naz;Oldrich Sychra;Syed Anser Rizvi

  • Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from New World warblers (Passeriformes: Parulidae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of four new species

    Filip Kounek;Oldrich Sychra;Miroslav Capek;Ivan Literak

  • Insect ectoparasites from wild passerine birds in the Azores Islands.

    Lucie Oslejsková;Sarka Kounkova;Daniel R. Gustafsson;Roberto Resendes

  • Chewing lice of genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from Turdidae (Passeriformes) of Costa Rica, with descriptions of seven new species

    Filip Kounek;Oldrich Sychra;Miroslav Capek;Ivan Literak

  • Ticks on passerines from the Archipelago of the Azores as hosts of borreliae and rickettsiae.

    Ivan Literak;Ana Claudia Norte;Maria Sofia Núncio;Isabel Lopes de Carvalho

  • Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the emberizidae and thraupidae (Passeriformes) in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

    Oldrich Sychra;Ivan Literak;Miroslav Capek

  • Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Menoponidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in South Africa, with descriptions of three new species

    Ali Halajian;Oldrich Sychra;Wilmien Luus-Powell;Derek Engelbrecht

Frequent Co-Authors

Miroslav Capek
Miroslav Capek Institute of Vertebrate Biology
Sergey Mironov
Sergey Mironov Belgorod National Research University
Maria Ogrzewalska
Maria Ogrzewalska Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Thiago F. Martins
Thiago F. Martins Universidade de São Paulo

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