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LIFE HISTORY AND HABITS OF THE PIGEON LOUSE1 (COLUMBICOLA COLUMBAE [LINNAEUS[)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Margaret Martin
Affiliation:
The Rice Institute, Houston, Texas

Extract

Very little work has been done on the life history or habits of Mallophaga. Only two papers have heen published since 1913 which give even a general discussion of the life history of these parasites. The number of instars through which the insects pass was not determined in either case. For the experiments reported in this paper, the pigeon louse (Columbicola columbae [Linnaeus]) was chosen because of the ease of obtaining and handling the common host, Columba livia Linn.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1934

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References

2. Notes on the Life History and Habits of Mallophaga—B. A. Barber, Pprs. Mich. Acad. Sci. 1921, pp. 391–395.

Some External Parasites of Paulty—G. W. Herrick, Cornell Univ. Coll. of Agric. Bul. 359, Apr. 1915.