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Noun

Mallophaga - biting lice

order Mallophaga

animal order - the order of animals

class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species

bird louse, biting louse, louse - wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds

genus Menopon, Menopon - chicken lice

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References in periodicals archive

Species of Colpocephalum (Mallophaga: Menoponidae) Parasitic upon the Falconiformes.

Light Microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Colpocephalum nanum Piaget, 1890 (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Colpocephalidae)/Colpocephalum nanum Piaget, 1890 (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Colpocephalidae)'un Isik ve Taramali Elektron Mikroskopisi

A note on the mensuration of an ischnoceran Mallophaga, Goniodes pavonis (Linnaeus), infesting the Indian common pea-fowl (Pavo c.

OBSERVATIONS ON THE REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR OF INDIAN PEAFOWL (PAVO CRISTATUS LINN.) UNDER CAPTIVITY

Contribution to the knowledge of the Mallophaga (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Ischnocera) of the birds from Peru.

Contribucion al conocimiento de los malofagos (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Ischnocera) de aves del Peru. Parte 2

(1966) New Species and Records of Mallophaga (Insecta) from Neotropical Owls (Strigiformes).

ECTOPARASITOS ASOCIADOS A POLLUELOS DEL BUHO CORNUDO (AVES: STRIGIDAE) EN UN PAISAJE FRAGMENTADO DE LA PENINSULA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

At necropsy, falcon 1 was moderately emaciated and presented a mild infection with bird lice (Mallophaga species).

Serratospiculosis in captive peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) in Switzerland

The lice species identified were the goat blood sucking lice, Linognathus stenopsis (Burmeister) (Anoplura: Linognathidae) and the chewing or biting lice, Damalinia (Holokartikos) crassipes (Mallophaga: Ischnocera), with chewing mouthparts (they do not actually bite) (See Figs.

Lice infestation of goats from southwestern Mississippi, USA

Mallophaga from birds of Panama, Baja California, and Alaska.

Cloudsley Louis Rutter (1867-1903): Pioneer Salmon Biologist and Resident Naturalist, Fisheries Steamer Albatross

At least nine species occur on whitetails, including members of the families Acari, Mallophaga, Anoplura and Diptera.

What's bugging your herd? part 1