Anoplura

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Noun1.Anoplura - sucking liceAnoplura - sucking lice        
order Anoplura
animal order - the order of animals
class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
louse, sucking louse - wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
family Pediculidae, Pediculidae - true lice: human lice and related forms
family Phthiriidae, Phthiriidae - crab lice
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There are some papers explaining relevant morphological characteristics of some Ischnoceran, Amblyceran, or Anopluran lice species with LM and SEM (14-25).
Light Microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Colpocephalum nanum Piaget, 1890 (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Colpocephalidae)/Colpocephalum nanum Piaget, 1890 (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Colpocephalidae)'un Isik ve Taramali Elektron Mikroskopisi
Published records of phoresy by anopluran lice are extremely rare (Braack & Emerson 1986; Durden 1990; Hopkins 1949; Marshall 1981; Thompson 1933) and such cases are worthy of note.
Phoresy of a sucking louse, Linognathus sp. (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Linognathidae), by Musca (Byomya) conducens Walker (Diptera: Muscidae) in South Africa
Ectoparasites include different groups of arthropods such as, mites, ticks, fleas, flies, hemipterans and lice (anoplurans); however, there are other groups such as feather mites, which include many species considered as commensal, that are also important for birds, because they can enhance their health condition indirectly eliminating skin remains (Blanco et al., 2001; Proctor, 2003).
ECTOPARASITOS ASOCIADOS A POLLUELOS DEL BUHO CORNUDO (AVES: STRIGIDAE) EN UN PAISAJE FRAGMENTADO DE LA PENINSULA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

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