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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Arthropods > Insecta > Phthiraptera > Amblycera

Preferred term

Amblycera  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • infestation: coordinate IM with LICE INFESTATIONS (IM); for killing Amblycera with insecticides, see note at INSECTICIDES

Scope note

  • A suborder of chewing lice, in the order PHTHIRAPTERA, that are ectoparasites of poultry and some mammals.

History note

  • 2011; use PHTHIRAPTERA 1999-2010

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D058325

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