Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2019 Phthiraptera are lice highly adapted to living as permanent and obligatory ectoparasites of birds and mammals. High infestations by biting lice contribute to the low productivity, loss quality of the eggs, besides weight decrease of chickens.
Tiago Mendonça de Oliveira +7 more
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Data supporting a molecular phylogeny of the hyper-diverse genus Brueelia
Data in Brief, 2015 Data is presented in support of a phylogenetic reconstruction of one of the largest, and most poorly understood, groups of lice: the Brueelia-complex (Bush et al., 2015 [1]).
Sarah E. Bush +8 more
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The taxonomy of Brazilian insects vectors of transmissible diseases (1900-2000) - then and now
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2000 A brief historical overview is given of the most relevant taxonomic studies of insect groups vectors of transmissible diseases in Brazil, from the "heroic" times of the foundation of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz in Rio de Janeiro up to the present.
Nelson Papavero +1 more
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Kunsia tomentosus (Rodentia: Cricetidae) [PDF]
, 2016 Kunsia tomentosus (Lichtenstein, 1830), the woolly giant rat, is a semifossorial cricetid typically associated with the Cerrado and Beni domains in central South America. Kunsia was recently revised and includes only 1 species.
Bezerra, Alexandra M. R. +1 more
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Using human head lice to unravel neglect and cause of death [PDF]
, 2018 Despite the common association of human lice with abandoned or neglected people, no procedure to assess pediculosis, aimed to detect signs of neglect, exists.
Beagley +11 more
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Successful Rearing of Colpocephalum turbinatum(Phthiraptera) [PDF]
Nature New Biology, 1971 SEVERAL attempts have been made to rear avian lice in vitro but in most cases they have been maintained for only one generation1, 2. Stenram3, however, seems to have reared a species of the suborder Ischnocera, Columbicola columbae (Linn.) in culture for several generations without difficulty and I report here that a species of the suborder Amblycera ...
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A phenomenon noted particularly in birds: drinking of eye secretion (lachrymophagy) by lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera) [PDF]
, 2013 Die hier dokumentierte neue Beobachtung einer Augensekret trinkenden Myrsidea-Art auf einem verhaltensauffälligen Prachtstaffelschwanz Malurus cyaneus cyanochlamys in New South Wales (Australia) wird zum Anlass genommen, alle bisher bekannten Fälle von ...
Mey, Eberhard
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Mortality caused by aqueous extract of the leaves of Datura stramineus to goat biting louse, Bovicola caprae (Phthiraptera) [PDF]
, 2018 Extensive and indiscriminate use of organic lousicides is leading to environmental hazards i.e. persistence of residues, development of resistance and targeting of non-target beneficial organism.
Ahmad, Aftab +2 more
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A new host record of Ciconiphilus decimfasciatus (Boisduval & Lacordaire, 1835) (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) in Iran with a taxonomic note and a checklist of the lice of Guilan Province [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and SystematicsThere is little information about the lice infesting birds and mammals in Guilan Province of northern Iran besides their importance in medicine and veterinary medicine.
Shahyad Azari-Hamidian +2 more
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Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2009 The type specimens of 142 nominal species of chewing and sucking lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera and Anoplura) held in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (MZUSP) are listed.
Michel P. Valim
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