Definition of Mallophaga. Meaning of Mallophaga. Synonyms of Mallophaga

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Definition of Mallophaga

Mallophaga
Mallophaga Mal*loph"a*ga, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a lock of wool + ? to eat.] (Zo["o]l.) An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice. See Bird louse, under Bird.

Meaning of Mallophaga from wikipedia

- 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...
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