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Chewing louse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chewing lice ( Mallophaga ) have nearly 3000 species and represent the larger of the two traditional suborders of lice (the other suborder being the sucking lice). Recent classifications suggest th...
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Discover Life's encyclopedia page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification and distribution of Phthiraptera: Mallophaga - Biting lice ... "The Mallophaga are described as wingless (Apterous), hemimetabolous (having a simple metamorphosis i.e. no pupa) ectoparsites (living on the outside of their hosts)
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"The Mallophaga are described as wingless (Apterous), hemimetabolous (having a simple metamorphosis i.e. no pupa) ectoparsites (living on the outside of their hosts) of mostly birds but also of some mammals, there are about 2 800 species world wide.
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Kansas State University : Department of Entomology; Extension>4-H and Youth>Insect Orders>Mallophaga ... Order Mallophaga ... For additional information on Mallophaga, please check out the following websites:
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The "Mallophaga" are a paraphyletic grouping comprising all lice other than the Anoplura. The diagram below displays the range of morphologies of various families of "Mallophaga.";
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The Mallophaga are described as wingless (Apterous), hemimetabolous (having a simple metamorphosis i.e. no pupa) ectoparsites (living on the outside of their hosts) of mostly birds but also of some mammals...
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'Within Phthiraptera, the term "Mallophaga" (i.e. the chewing lice) is indisputably paraphyletic [...] It came into common usage early in the 1800's and is still sometimes used by non specialists to refer to chewing lice.
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