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==Bovicola ovis==
 
==Bovicola ovis==
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===Scientific Classification===
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| Class
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| Insecta
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| Order
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| Phthiraptera
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| Suborder
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| Ischnocera
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| Family
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| Trichodectidae
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===Identification===
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''Bovicola ovis'' is a chewing lice around 3mm in length.  It is reddish brown in colour, and has a single claw on each of its tarsi.
  
  

Revision as of 10:08, 15 July 2010

Bovicola ovis

Scientific Classification

Class Insecta
Order Phthiraptera
Suborder Ischnocera
Family Trichodectidae

Identification

Bovicola ovis is a chewing lice around 3mm in length. It is reddish brown in colour, and has a single claw on each of its tarsi.


  • One chewing louse
    • Damalinia ovis
  • Two sucking lice
    • Lignognathus spp.
      • The 'foot louse' and the 'face louse'
  • Causes fleece damage
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