| chewing lice (phthiraptera: amblycera and ischnocera) from wild birds in southern vietnam, with descriptions of two new species. | a total of 239 individuals of 50 bird species were examined for chewing lice (insecta: phthiraptera) in southern vietnam. fifty-six birds of 20 species were parasitised by 15 species of lice belonging to 10 genera from two suborders, amblycera: menacanthus, meromenopon, myrsidea, and ischnocera: alcedoecus, brueelia, cuculicola, meropoecus, penenirmus, philopteroides and philopterus. thirteen louse samples from passeriformes were identified to genus only because they contain inadequate material. ... | 2014 | 24869830 |