Lice, bird (mallollhaga) – minor blast insects without wings. Reach a size of 1 to 3 mm. Feed with leather shells, secretions of sebaceous glands, plates and bird fibers. The entire life cycle takes place on the host body. About 4,000 species of this order are known, which are sectagues of birds and mammals. In Macedonia, more familiar species are: Trinotum Luridum – parasing the road; Lipeurus Batsulus Nitzsch – parasing the pigeons; Tritzhodeces Latus Nitezch – parasite the dog. Lit.: Jonce Sapkarev, Zoology of invertebrate animals, Skopje, 1991. V. T. K. – M. Cr.
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