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- A bird louse is any chewing louse (small, biting insects) of order Phthiraptera which parasitizes warm-blooded animals, especially birds. Bird lice may...
- species of louse—the head louse and the body louse are subspecies of Pediculus hum****; and the pubic louse, Pthirus pubis. The body louse has the smallest...
- lice, biting lice, or bird lice, containing more than 3000 species. These lice are external parasites that feed mainly on birds, although some species...
- The head louse (Pediculus hum**** capitis) is an obligate ectoparasite of humans. Head lice are wingless insects that spend their entire lives on the...
- The body louse (Pediculus hum**** hum****, also known as Pediculus hum**** corporis) is a hematophagic ectoparasite louse that infests humans. It is one...
- December 2015, Fry was awarded membership of The Magic Circle. In 2017, the bird louse Saepocephalum stephenfryii was named after him, in honour of his contributions...
- rabbits and feral cats were too much for the species. Individuals of a bird louse of the genus Strigiphilus were found to parasitize laughing owls. Breeding...
- L.; Price, Roger D. (2004). "Apterygon okarito a new species of chewing louse (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Okarito brown kiwi (Aves:...
- from the species include the tick Ornithodoros capensis in nests and the bird louse Pectino pygus in adults. The International Union for Conservation of Nature...
- Hippoboscidae, the louse flies or keds, are obligate parasites of mammals and birds. In this family, the winged species can fly at least reasonably well...