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Records of Phoretic Attachment of Mallophaga (Insecta: Phthiraptera) on Insects Other than Hippoboscidae

1975; Oxford University Press; Volume: 12; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/jmedent/12.4.476

1938-2928

James E. Keirans,

Avian ecology and behavior

In a recent review of the phoretic relationship between Mallophaga and Hippoboscidae (Keirans 1975), I recorded over 400 cases of this interesting phenomenon. There also exist a few examples of phoresy between Mallophaga and insects other than Hippoboscidae. To give as complete a list as possible of all records of mallophagan phoresy, the following collections are cited. Except for Philopterus sp. and Nirmus sp., all records involve Mallophaga normally ectoparasitic on mammals.