- The
Mallophaga are a
suborder of lice,
known as
chewing lice,
biting lice, or bird lice,
containing more than 3000 species.
These lice are
external parasites...
-
which are able to take
nesting adults as well. A
species of
biting louse (
Mallophaga)
described as
Rostrinirmus hudeci was
isolated and
described in 1981 from...
- lice (Anoplura) and the
chewing lice (
Mallophaga); however,
recent cl****ifications
suggest that the
Mallophaga are
paraphyletic and four
suborders are...
- had an
unusually close relationship. She
became the world's
expert on
Mallophaga, or
chewing lice; however, her work is cast into
question by her suspected...
- Exopterygota. The
recent molecular finding that the
traditional louse orders Mallophaga and
Anoplura are
derived from
within Psocoptera has led to the new taxon...
- the
Linnean Society 138(1): 39–82. Ash, J. S. (1960). "A
study of the
Mallophaga of
birds with
particular reference to
their ecology". Ibis 102(1): 93–110...
-
Press Clay,
Theresa (1960). "A new
genus and
species of
Menoponidae (
Mallophaga, Insecta) from Apteryx".
Annals and
Magazine of
Natural History. Series...
- confusion."
Prior to
petitioning the ICZN,
Hopkins asked other experts in
Mallophaga for
their opinion on this matter. He
received support from W. Büttiker...
- on the corpse. A bird with a
deformed bill was
heavily infested with
Mallophaga lice,
presumably due to its
inability to
remove vermin. The hen flea (Ceratophyllus...
- they feed only by chewing. This
makes B.
bovis a
member of the sub-order
Mallophaga.
These lice are
composed of
three major body regions: the head, thorax...