Menacanthus
| Menacanthus | |
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| Menacanthus stramineus nymphs on a chicken feather | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Family: | Menoponidae |
| Genus: | Menacanthus Neumann, 1912[1] |
Menacanthus is a genus of
epidermis. In doing so, they can spread disease and lower egg production.[5][6] In Menacanthus stramineus, eggs are incubated for four or five days, each of the three nymphal stages lasts for about three days, and adult life for about twelve days. Females produce as many as four eggs in a day, averaging 1.6 eggs a day, with egg production peaking 5–6 days after reaching adulthood.[7] On sparrows, Menacanthus lice are particularly common, and are found in many different niches, consuming blood and feathers.[3][8]
References
- ^ Neumann, L. G. (1912). "Notes sur les Mallophages – II. 1. Sur le genre Menopon. 2. Espèces nouvelles". Archives de Parasitologie. 15: 353–384.
- ^ JSTOR 25083681.
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- PMID 6859624.
- PMID 935005.
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- ^ Summers-Smith, J. Denis (1963). The House Sparrow. New Naturalist (1st. ed.). London: Collins. pp. 131–132.
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