Mallophaga

Mallophaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phthiraptera
Suborder: Mallophaga
Nitzsch, 1818

Mallophaga is a suborder of lice, known as chewing lice, biting lice or bird lice, containing more than 3000 species. They have paurometabolis or incomplete metamorphosis.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Frank N. Young & Gene Kritsky (2002). "The Hemipteroidea". A Survey of Entomology. iUniverse. pp. 178–191. ISBN 978-0-595-22143-1. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3TcIM6ZG2JsC&pg=PA179. 
  2. ^ Cyrus Abivardi (2001). "Destructive and useful insects". Iranian Entomology: an Introduction. Springer. pp. 563–902. ISBN 978-3-540-67592-1. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4o_YRth54O4C&pg=PA614.