chewing louse

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chewing louse

n.
See biting louse.
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This is the first report of a chewing louse from the zebra finch in the world.
A NEW HOST RECORD AND NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS BRUEELIA KELER, 1936 (PHTHIRAPTERA: ISCHNOCERA: PHILOPTERIDAE) FROM ZEBRA FINCH (PASSERIFORMES: ESTRILDIDAE) FROM SINDH, PAKISTAN
A severe infestation was recorded in four fledglings of two nests, two from fragmented area parasitized by the chewing louse C.
ECTOPARASITOS ASOCIADOS A POLLUELOS DEL BUHO CORNUDO (AVES: STRIGIDAE) EN UN PAISAJE FRAGMENTADO DE LA PENINSULA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Because they spend their entire life cycle on the host, a particular species of chewing louse is often restricted to a certain host species or to a phylogenetically related species (Barker 1994; Johnson and Clayton 2003).
Primer registro de Cebidicola semiarmatus (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) en el mono aullador rojo, Alouatta guariba clamintans (Primates: Atelidae) en Brasil
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