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 possibly paraphyletic section of lice, known as chewing lice, biting lice, or bird lice, containing more than 3000 species. These...
- (Holometabola). The molecular finding that the traditional louse orders Mallophaga and Anoplura are within Psocoptera has led to the new taxon Psocodea....
- 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...
- (Aptericola) for species found on Apterygidae (kiwis). Harrison's 1916 list of Mallophaga species recognized sixteen valid species in Rallicola, one in Parricola...
- 2021. Clay, Theresa (1960). "A new genus and species of Menoponidae (Mallophaga, Insecta) from Apteryx". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series...
- 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...
- 1.105-133. Price, R. D. (1974). "A Review of the Genus Pseudomenopon (Mallophaga: Menoponidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 67 (1):...
- Bernard C. Nelson (1972): A Revision of the New World Species of Ricinus (Mallophaga). Occurring on P****eriformes (Aves), University of California Publications...
- 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...
- ": 279  Prior to petitioning the ICZN, Hopkins asked other experts in Mallophaga for their opinion on this matter. He received support from W. Büttiker...