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Figure1.Chewing louse Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1758), A Male and B Femaleat 10x10
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The ectoparasite chewing louse (Phthiraptera: Insecta) Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1758) is generally called shaft louse of fowls.It is recurrently occuring ectoparasite with strong mandibles. The size of parasitic insect issmalland colour ispale yellow which differfrom other population of chewing lice of poultry birds.Itcauses many acute and chron...
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... Body small size and pale yellow pigmented on both dorso-vental and lateral sides. (Fig. 1 A & B). General body shape Body small, oval andyellowish pigmented. Male is slightly larger than female. The anterior end of the body is much broader than posterior end. The posterior end of male is blunt and thick while in female is somewhat pointed (Fig. 2 & 3). (Linnaeus, 1758), Guinea fowl. Head Menoponid type, triangular in shape, smooth and rounded anteriorly; medially is blunt; lateral margin is smooth. Pre-antennal region Preoccular slit is very small; temples are small and smooth; occipital margin is fairly concave; dorsal head seta8 is smaller than dorsal head seta9 which is long; ...Context 2
... is 0.344 mm (0.339-0.349 mm) uncovered seta and 0.424 mm (0.41-0.42 mm) inner seta; occurrenceof six marginal microsetae laterally and six submarginal microsetae medially; containing of submarginal plate with sternite VIII and IX, wide anteriorly and convex posteriorly with twelve to fourteen setae medially and eight to ten setaemarginally (Fig. 3 ...Context 3
... and normal setae medially and four to five at latero-posterior margin, existance of twenty small microsetae at posterior margin of the plate; anal margin is decorated with two fringes of setae, dorsal fringe surrounds twenty nine to thirty small microsetae which are stout and spiniform setae, and ventral fringe surrounds twenty four microsetae (Fig. ...Context 4
... and unsclerotized; occurrence of wing shaped parameres which are typical to the species and extensive towards the ends, medially slim and slender like; occurrence of posteriorlyfairly concave endomeral plate; occurrence of inadequately development of mesomere; incidence of thin, long and slender like penis and development of weak genital sac (Fig. 3C). The species Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1758) is closely related to Menopon spinulosum (Giebel, 1874) which is generally found on small galliform birds, in generalbody structure; construction of head and temporal region; occurrence of metanotal setae laterally; display of tergal marginal setae in one row;healthygrowth of pleural ribs ...