Lice, Mites, and Ticks of Southeastern Wisconsin Mammals [PDF]
Seventeen species of southeastern Wisconsin mammals were found to 6e infected with arthropod ectoparasites other than fleas. One host species was infested with one species of biting lice (Mallophaga), five with five species of sucking lice (Anoplura ...
Amin, Omar M
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Taxonomy of lice and their endosymbiotic bacteria in the post-genomic era [PDF]
Recent studies of molecular and genomic data from the parasitic lice of birds and mammals, as well as their mutualistic endosymbiotic bacteria, are changing the phylogenetic relationships and taxonomy of these organisms.
Boyd, B.M., Reed, D.L.
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The first description of the nymphal stages of Hoplopleura longula (Psocodea: Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) from the harvest mouse Micromys minutus (Rodentia: Muridae) [PDF]
Despite the widespread belief that an extensive body of knowledge exists for the sucking lice Anoplura, some of their common, Eurasian or even cosmopolitan species still lack ordered taxonomic descriptions, especially those of their nymphal stages.
Paulina Kozina+2 more
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Antennal sensilla of head of poultry shaft louse, Menopon gallinae (Phthiraptera, Insecta, Menoponidae, Amblycera) [PDF]
Phthirapteran ectoparasites (lice) are very small arthropodan creature which spend their life on different mammalian and avian host body. Many morphological features of these tiny creatures are not visible under simple microscopic study and hence ...
Arya, Surman, Singh, Suneel Kumar
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How Did Seal Lice Turn into the Only Truly Marine Insects?
Insects are the most evolutionarily and ecologically successful group of living animals, being present in almost all possible mainland habitats; however, they are virtually absent in the ocean, which constitutes more than 99% of the Earth’s biosphere ...
María Soledad Leonardi+3 more
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Une nouvelle espèce afrotropicale d'Hoplopleurinae, parasite de rongeurs Muridae du genre Hylomyscus : Hoplopleura hylomysci (Anoplura, Hoplopleuridae) [PDF]
Une nouvelle espèce d'#Hoplopleura$, parasitant des rongeurs #Hylomyscus$, est décrite de Côte d'Ivoire.
Pajot, François-Xavier
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White piedra is a superficial mycosis caused by the genus Trichosporon. It is characterized by nodules on the hair shaft. Pediculosis capitis is caused by Pediculus humanus var. capitis of the suborder Anoplura.
Silvio Alencar Marques+2 more
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Notes sur les Anoploures de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, du Tchad et du Cameroun (Insecta, Anoplura) [PDF]
L'examen de 648 exemplaires d'Anoploures provenant des pays suivants : Mauritanie, Sénégal, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Cameroun et Tchad, nous a permis de recenser 21 espèces dont 9 nouvelles pour le Sénégal, 4 pour la Côte d'Ivoire, 2 pour le Burkina ...
Pajot, François-Xavier
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Co-extinct and critically co-endangered species of parasitic lice, and conservation-induced extinction: should lice be reintroduced to their hosts? [PDF]
The co - extinction of parasitic taxa and their host species isconsideredacommon phenomenon inthecurrent global extinction crisis. However, information about the conservation status of parasitic taxa is scarce.
Rózsa, Lajos, Vas, Zoltán
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On some nondescript Anoplura and Mallophaga [PDF]
This parasite approaches Neumann's Haematopinus (Polyplax) maniculatus, but is immediately recognised by the truncate proboscis, by the “ olecranon process ” of the hind pair of legs, and by the remarkable “ comb ” which terminates the abdomen of the ♀.
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