Amblycera

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Amblycera
Ricinus bombycillae (Ricinidae)
from a Bohemian waxwing
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

Significant species

Notable Amblycera that parasitise birds:

Notable species that parasitise mammals:

References

  1. ^ a b c Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  2. PMID 32979270
    .
  3. ^ Solsby, 1982[citation needed]