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concerns invasiveness: an
endoparasite lives inside the host's body; an
ectoparasite lives outside, on the host's surface. Like predation,
parasitism is a...
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Heard Island's
known insect fauna,
which comprises up to 21
species of
ectoparasite (****ociated with
birds and seals) and up to 13 free-living species. Approximately...
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major family of ticks, the 'soft ticks' (Argasidae), lack. They are
ectoparasites of a wide
range of host species, and some are
vectors of
pathogens that...
- to run
through their plumage is also
thought to help them
reduce the
ectoparasite load in feathers. Many
species will
spread out
their wings and expose...
- A
quill mite,
Neoaulonastus malaconotus, has been
identified as an
ectoparasite of the species. It
belongs to the Syringophilinae, a mite
subfamily known...
- pubis,
commonly called crabs, is a
disease caused by the crab
louse an
ectoparasite. When the
pubic hair is infested, the
irritation produced can be intense...
- The main
examples of non-predatory
Reduviidae are some blood-sucking
ectoparasites in the
subfamily Triatominae, with a few
species from
South America...
- The head
louse (Pediculus hum**** capitis) is an
obligate ectoparasite of humans. Head lice are
wingless insects that
spend their entire lives on the human...
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liquified contents of the prey. A few
hemipterans are
haematophagic ectoparasites,
feeding on the
blood of
larger animals.
These include bedbugs and the...
- ISBNÂ 978-1464176968. Kupfer, T. R.; Fessler, D. M. T. (July 19, 2018). "
Ectoparasite defence in humans:
relationships to
pathogen avoidance and
clinical implications"...
