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词条 Amblycera
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  1. Description

  2. Families

  3. Significant species

  4. References

{{more citations needed|date=July 2010}}{{Taxobox
| image = Ricinus bombycillae (Denny, 1842).JPG
| image_caption = Ricinus bombycillae (Ricinidae)
from a Bohemian waxwing
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| subclassis = Pterygota
| infraclassis = Neoptera
| ordo = Phthiraptera
| subordo = Amblycera
| subordo_authority = Kellogg 1896
| diversity_link = #Families
| diversity = 6 families
}}

The Amblycera are a large suborder of chewing lice, parasitic on both birds and mammals. The Amblycera are considered the most primitive suborder 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 suborder have antennae but they cannot readily be seen because they lie in grooves in the side of the head. Usually the antennae of suborder 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 this suborder bite horizontally. The head is often broader and rounder anteriorly than of 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.[1]

Families

The Amblycera are divided into six families:

  • Boopidae
  • Gyropidae
  • Laemobothriidae
  • Menoponidae
  • Ricinidae
  • Trimenoponidae

Significant species

Significant Amblycera that parasitise birds are for example:

  • Holomenopon leucoxanthum (Burmeister, 1838){{Verify source|date=April 2011}} – cause of "wet feathers" of ducks
  • Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1958){{Verify source|date=April 2011}} – the "shaft louse" of poultry, pale yellow in color
  • Menopon phaeostomum (Nitzsch, 1818){{Verify source|date=April 2011}} – usually occurs on peafowl
  • Menecanthus stramineus (Nitzsch, 1818){{Verify source|date=April 2011}} – the yellow "body louse" of poultry
  • Trinoton anserinum (J.C.Fabricus, 1805){{Verify source|date=April 2011}} – may be found on ducks and swans{{Verify source|date=April 2011}}

Species that parasitise mammals are for example:

  • Gliricola porcelli (Linnaeus, 1758){{Verify source|date=April 2011}} – on guinea-pigs
  • Gyropus ovalis (Nitzsch, 1818){{Verify source|date=April 2011}} – on guinea-pigs
  • Heterodoxus longitarsus (Piaget, 1880){{Verify source|date=April 2011}} – on Macropodidae (wallabies and kangaroos)
  • Heterodoxus macropus (Le Souef & Bullen, 1902){{Verify source|date=April 2011}} – on Macropodidae
  • Heterodoxus spiniger (Enderlein, 1909){{Verify source|date=April 2011}} – common on dogs in warm countries (between latitudes 40° north and 40° south)
  • Trimenopon hispidium (Burmeister, 1838){{Verify source|date=April 2011}} – on guinea-pigs

References

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1. ^Solsby, 1982{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
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