Jaw lice
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| Jaw lice | ||||||||||||
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Pine louse of the genus Felicola with egg on cat hair |
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| Mallophaga | ||||||||||||
| Nitzsch , 1818 |
Pine lice (Mallophaga, Germanized: Mallophages) are a group of insects . They are wingless insects that are systematically classified in the order of animal lice (Phthiraptera).
The small, wingless animals with flattened bodies live as ectoparasites on birds (also referred to here as "featherlings") and mammals. Most species feed on fragments of feathers, hair, and other parts of the epidermis . Some species also eat glandular secretions by pricking hair follicles . Still others also suck blood from their hosts' wounds. The mouthparts of the lice are chewing. The hosts try to get rid of the parasites through dust baths or ants. The lice are not known to affect humans as well.
Systematics
The jaw lice are divided into two sub-categories.
| Subordination Amblycera | ||
| family | genus | host |
| Somaphantidae | Bonomiella | Pigeons |
| Menoponidae | Menopon | Domestic chicken (" sheep louse ", Menopon gallinae ) |
| Eomenacanthus | Chicken birds | |
| Menacanthus | Domestic chicken | |
| Hohorstiella | Pigeon birds | |
| Uchida | Domestic chicken | |
| Trinotonidae | Trinotone | Domestic goose |
| Colpocephalidae | Neocolpocephalum | Pigeons , birds of prey |
| Gyropidae | Gyropus | Guinea pig |
| Gliricolidae | Trimenopon | |
| Gliricola | Guinea pig | |
| Subordination Isnocera | ||
| family | genus | host |
| Gonioidae | Oulocrepis | Domestic chicken |
| Goniocotes | Chicken birds | |
| Campanulotes | Pigeon birds | |
| Chelopistes | Turkey | |
| Stenocrotaphus | Guinea fowl | |
| Coloceras | Pigeon birds | |
| Lipeuridae | Lipeurus | Domestic chicken |
| Cuclotogaster | Domestic chicken | |
| Esthiopteridae | Anatoecus | Ducks |
| Columbicola | Pigeon birds | |
| Anaticola | Ducks | |
| Trichodectidae | Trichodectes | dogs |
| Felicola | Domestic cat | |
| Bovicolidae | Bovicola | Domestic cattle (B. bovis) Domestic goats (B. caprae) Domestic sheep (B. ovis) |
| Holakartikos | goat | |
| Werneckiella | Horses | |
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cyrus Abivardi: Destructive and useful insects . In: Iranian Entomology: an Introduction . Springer , 2001, ISBN 978-3-540-67592-1 , pp. 563-902.
literature
- Ekkehard Wiesner and Regine Ribbeck: Dictionary of veterinary medicine . Enke, 3rd edition, 1991 ISBN 3432281218