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Menoponidae
Menoponidae is a monophyletic family of lice in the superfamily of chewing lice, Amblycera, often referred to as the chicken body louse family. They are ectoparasites of a wide range of birds including chickens, which makes them important to understand for veterinary science and for human health. However, Menoponidae are not exclusive to poultry and are common parasites for migratory birds, with more and more species being discovered every year. Biology Genera and species within the family Menoponidae are identified by their short antennae, concealed in grooves behind the eyes. To the untrained eye, it may appear as though they have no antennae. Most lice also further specialize to specific regions on their hosts such as the fluff at the base of the tail, the head, and the shaft. In fact, if a species that is better suited to tail feathers is presented with the opportunity to infest a different type of feather, they will make an attempt to eat those feathers but will fail to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colpocephalum
''Colpocephalum'' is a genus of chewing louse. Christian Ludwig Nitzsch named the genus in 1818. The Plenary Powers of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature selected ''Colpocephalum zebra'' as its type species in the 1950s. There are approximately 135 species in this genus, and they are ectoparasites of birds in at least a dozen different order (biology), orders. Taxonomic history and the type species ''Colpocephalum'' was Circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Christian Ludwig Nitzsch in 1818. Nitzsch classified this taxon as a subgenus of the genus ''Liotheum''. He included four species, which in his taxonomy were called ''L.'' (''C.'') ''zebra'', ''L.'' (''C.'') ''flavescens'', ''L.'' (''C.'') ''subaequale'', and ''L.'' (''C.'') ''ochraceum''. The first three species were ''Nomen nudum, nomina nuda''; only the last was accompanied with an indication to a previously-published illustration, namely a 17th-century illustration by Francesco Redi. He wrote t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apterygon
''Apterygon'' is a genus of louse. It is endemic to New Zealand and is an ectoparasite of kiwi birds (''Apteryx''). Theresa Clay circumscribed the genus in 1961. In 1947, she had referred to this genus as "New Genus D", but it was not formally named as she needed to confirm the host of her specimen as well as additional material. Description ''Apterygon'' heads lack preocular slits and the female genital chamber has a cellular circular structure. They lack eyes, have a reduced hypopharynx and a well developed postnotum. Species , four species are recognized in this genus. '' A. mirum'', the type species of this genus, was described by Clay in the same paper which named the genus ''Apterygon''. The holotype came from a North Island brown kiwi which was killed by a car in Opotiki, New Zealand. It is found in New Zealand's North Island. Clay described a second species for this genus, '' A. hintoni'', in 1966. Its type host was a great spotted kiwi and its type locality was Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menacanthus Stramineus
''Menacanthus'' is a genus of chewing lice which parasitise birds. The taxonomy of this genus is highly uncertain. Most taxonomies have given this genus as having over a hundred species, but recent studies have synonymised dozens of species and found other names to be invalid. Some ''Menacanthus'' species remain to be discovered, or are synonymised in error. ''Menacanthus'' lice feed on the blood of a wide variety of birds, including chicken The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated junglefowl species, with attributes of wild species such as the grey and the Ceylon junglefowl that are originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adu ...s, by piercing the quills of feathers and gnawing the epidermis. In doing so, they can spread disease and lower egg production. 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 da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menacanthus
''Menacanthus'' is a genus of chewing lice which parasitise birds. The taxonomy of this genus is highly uncertain. Most taxonomies have given this genus as having over a hundred species, but recent studies have synonymised dozens of species and found other names to be invalid. Some ''Menacanthus'' species remain to be discovered, or are synonymised in error. ''Menacanthus'' lice feed on the blood of a wide variety of birds, including chicken The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated junglefowl species, with attributes of wild species such as the grey and the Ceylon junglefowl that are originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adu ...s, by piercing the quills of feathers and gnawing the epidermis. In doing so, they can spread disease and lower egg production. 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 da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrsidea
''Myrsidea'' is a genus of lice belonging to the family Menoponidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The extr .... Species Selected species: * '' Myrsidea abhorrens'' (Zlotorzycka, 1964) * '' Myrsidea abidae'' Ansari, 1956 * '' Myrsidea rustica'' (Giebel, 1874) * '' Myrsidea victrix'' Waterston, 1915 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q13654644 Lice Insect genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amblycera
The Amblycera are a large clade of chewing lice, parasitic on both birds and mammals. The Amblycera are considered the most primitive clade of 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 antennae but they cannot readily be seen because they lie in grooves in the side of the head. Usually the antennae of Amblycera composes 4-5 segments. The maxillary palps may, however, be present and these may be visible in mounted specimens but may be confused with the antennae. Palps of amblycerans ranges in segments from two to five. The mandibles of Amblycera bite horizontally. The head is often broader and rounder anteriorly than of Anoplura but this mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menopon Biseriatum
''Menopon'' is a genus of lice belonging to the family Menoponidae Menoponidae is a monophyletic family of lice in the superfamily of chewing lice, Amblycera, often referred to as the chicken body louse family. They are ectoparasites of a wide range of birds including chickens, which makes them important to .... The species of this genus are found in Europe, Northern America, Southwestern Asia. Species: *'' Menopon carrikeri'' *'' Menopon clayae'' *'' Menopon deryloi'' *'' Menopon ferrisi'' *'' Menopon gallinae'' *'' Menopon hamatum'' *'' Menopon hopkinsi'' *'' Menopon interpositum'' *'' Menopon jellisoni'' *'' Menopon kuntzi'' *'' Menopon pallens'' *'' Menopon sigialitidis'' *'' Menopon spinulosum'' *'' Menopon subgallinae'' *'' Menopon truncatum'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18095959 Lice Insect genera Taxa named by Christian Ludwig Nitzsch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menopon
''Menopon'' is a genus of lice belonging to the family Menoponidae Menoponidae is a monophyletic family of lice in the superfamily of chewing lice, Amblycera, often referred to as the chicken body louse family. They are ectoparasites of a wide range of birds including chickens, which makes them important to .... The species of this genus are found in Europe, Northern America, Southwestern Asia. Species: *'' Menopon carrikeri'' *'' Menopon clayae'' *'' Menopon deryloi'' *'' Menopon ferrisi'' *'' Menopon gallinae'' *'' Menopon hamatum'' *'' Menopon hopkinsi'' *'' Menopon interpositum'' *'' Menopon jellisoni'' *'' Menopon kuntzi'' *'' Menopon pallens'' *'' Menopon sigialitidis'' *'' Menopon spinulosum'' *'' Menopon subgallinae'' *'' Menopon truncatum'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18095959 Lice Insect genera Taxa named by Christian Ludwig Nitzsch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menopon Gallinae
''Menopon'' is a genus of lice belonging to the family Menoponidae Menoponidae is a monophyletic family of lice in the superfamily of chewing lice, Amblycera, often referred to as the chicken body louse family. They are ectoparasites of a wide range of birds including chickens, which makes them important to .... The species of this genus are found in Europe, Northern America, Southwestern Asia. Species: *'' Menopon carrikeri'' *'' Menopon clayae'' *'' Menopon deryloi'' *'' Menopon ferrisi'' *'' Menopon gallinae'' *'' Menopon hamatum'' *'' Menopon hopkinsi'' *'' Menopon interpositum'' *'' Menopon jellisoni'' *'' Menopon kuntzi'' *'' Menopon pallens'' *'' Menopon sigialitidis'' *'' Menopon spinulosum'' *'' Menopon subgallinae'' *'' Menopon truncatum'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18095959 Lice Insect genera Taxa named by Christian Ludwig Nitzsch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austromenopon
''Austromenopon'' is a genus of insects belonging to the family Menoponidae Menoponidae is a monophyletic family of lice in the superfamily of chewing lice, Amblycera, often referred to as the chicken body louse family. They are ectoparasites of a wide range of birds including chickens, which makes them important to .... The genus was first described by Bedford in 1939. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: * '' Austromenopon transversum'' (Denny, 1842) References {{Taxonbar, from=Q13654702 Lice Insect genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nidifugous
In biology, nidifugous ( , ) organisms are those that leave the nest shortly after hatching or birth. The term is derived from Latin ''nidus'' for "nest" and ''fugere'', meaning "to flee". The terminology is most often used to describe birds and was introduced by Lorenz Oken in 1816. The chicks of birds in many families, such as the waders, waterfowl, and gamebirds, are usually nidifugous. The opposite of nidifugous organisms are nidicolous ( ; from Latin ''nidus'' "nest" and ''-colus'' "inhabiting") organisms; a nidicolous organism is one which stays at its birthplace for a long time because it depends on its parents for food, protection, and the learning of survival skills. Examples of nidicolous species include mammals and many species of birds. During the life span, the brain of a nidicolous animal expands 8–10 times its initial size; in nidifugous animals, it expands from 1.5 to 2.5 times. Relation to precociality and altriciality Two other terms are also used by scient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actornithophilus
''Actornithophilus'' is a genus of louse in the family Amblycera. It was circumscribed by Gordon Floyd Ferris in 1916. Its species are ectoparasites of birds in the order Charadriiformes Charadriiformes (, from ''Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water an .... Species , the following species are recognized: * '' A. ardeolae'' * '' A. bicolor'' * '' A. canuti'' * '' A. ceruleus'' * '' A. crinitus'' * '' A. erinaceus'' * '' A. flumineus'' * '' A. gracilis'' * '' A. grandiceps'' * '' A. himantopi'' * '' A. hoplopteri'' * '' A. incisus'' * '' A. kilauensis'' * '' A. lacustris'' * '' A. limarius'' * '' A. limosae'' * '' A. lyallpurensis'' * '' A. mexicanus'' * '' A. multisetosus'' * '' A. nodularis'' * '' A. ocellatus'' * '' A. ochraceus'' * '' A. paludosus'' * '' A. patellatus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
