Mallophaga
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| Mallophaga | |
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| File:Felicola subrostratus.jpg | |
| Felicola subrostratus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phthiraptera |
| Suborder: | Mallophaga Nitzsch, 1818 |
Mallophaga is a suborder of lice, known as chewing lice, biting lice or bird lice, containing more than 3000 species. They have paurometabolis or incomplete metamorphosis.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ Frank N. Young & Gene Kritsky (2002). "The Hemipteroidea". A Survey of Entomology. iUniverse. pp. 178–191. ISBN 978-0-595-22143-1. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3TcIM6ZG2JsC&pg=PA179.
- ^ Cyrus Abivardi (2001). "Destructive and useful insects". Iranian Entomology: an Introduction. Springer. pp. 563–902. ISBN 978-3-540-67592-1. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4o_YRth54O4C&pg=PA614.
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