Amblycera
Amblycera | |
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Ricinus bombycillae (Ricinidae) from a Bohemian waxwing | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Psocodea |
Suborder: | Troctomorpha |
Infraorder: | Nanopsocetae |
Parvorder: | Phthiraptera |
Clade: | Amblycera Kellogg, 1896 |
Families[1] | |
The Amblycera are a large
chewing lice
,
lice
.
Description
These insects are very much like the familiar advanced
sucking lice, except they do not stay on their host permanently. They roam freely over the surface of their host
and, unlike other lice, do not form permanent attachments. They feed by chewing soft areas of skin, causing an area of localized bleeding from which they drink.
Species of this group have
Anoplura but this morphologic difference is not reliable. The tarsi of species that parasitise birds have two claws, while of those that parasitise mammals have one only.[3]
Families
The Amblycera are divided into the following families:[1]
- Ancistronidae
- Boopidae Mjoberg, 1910
- Colpocephalidae Eichler, 1937
- Gliricolidae
- Gyropidae Kellogg, 1896
- Laemobothriidae Mjoberg, 1910
- Menoponidae Mjoberg, 1910
- Pseudomenoponidae Mjoberg, 1910
- Ricinidae Neumann, 1890
- Somaphantidae Eichler, 1941
- Trimenoponidae
- Trinotonidae Eichler, 1941
Significant species
Notable Amblycera that parasitise birds:
- Holomenopon leucoxanthum (Burmeister, 1838)[verification needed] – cause of "wet feathers" of ducks
- Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1958)[verification needed] – the "shaft louse" of poultry, pale yellow in color
- Menopon phaeostomum (Nitzsch, 1818)[verification needed] – usually occurs on peafowl
- Menecanthus stramineus (Nitzsch, 1818)[verification needed] – the yellow "body louse" of poultry
- Trinoton anserinum (J.C.Fabricus, 1805)[verification needed] – may be found on ducks and swans[verification needed]
Notable species that parasitise mammals:
- guinea-pigs
- Gyropus ovalis (Nitzsch, 1818)[verification needed] – on guinea-pigs
- Heterodoxus longitarsus (Piaget, 1880)[verification needed] – on Macropodidae (wallabies and kangaroos)
- Heterodoxus macropus (Le Souef & Bullen, 1902)[verification needed] – on Macropodidae
- )
- Trimenopon hispidium (Burmeister, 1838)[verification needed] – on guinea-pigs
References
- ^ a b c Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- PMID 32979270.
- ^ Solsby, 1982[citation needed]