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Species Damalinia caprae - Common Goat Louse

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)
No Taxon (Phthiraptera (Parasitic Lice))
No Taxon (Mallophaga (Chewing Lice))
No Taxon (Ischnocera)
Family Trichodectidae
Genus Damalinia
Species caprae (Common Goat Louse)
Other Common Names
Goat Biting Louse
Explanation of Names
Bovicola caprae (Gurlt 1843)
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 4 May, 2008 - 10:37pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 9 October, 2012 - 2:42pm

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