Egg laying pattern and the egg morphology of an ischnoceran louse, Goniocotes jirufti (Ansari, 1947) parasitizing black partridges, Francolinus francolinus (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera)
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Abstract
The present report furnishes information on the egg laying sites, the pattern of egg laying and the nature of egg shells of an ischnoceran louse Goniocotes jirufti parasitizing black partridges, Francolinus francolinus. The louse prefers to lay eggs on the feathers belonging to back and breast region of the host. The eggs are laid on lateral plumulacious portion of the vane. The egg shell is ovoid in shape and the egg chorion is free from sculpturing and apophyses.
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Keywords
Goniocotes, Ischnocera, Lice, Mallophaga, Oviposition, Phthiraptera
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Rajput, S., Gupta.N., Saxena, A.K. and Joshi, V.D. (2010). Microtopography of the egg shell ofMenacanthus eurysternus(Phthiraptera: Amblycera). J. Appl. Nat. Sci, 2: 111-113
Rana, S.P., Bhardwaj, S.K. and Saxena, A.K. (2018). In vitro biology of pigeon louse Colpocephalum turbinatum (Amblycear: Phthiraptera). J. Appl. Nat. Sci, 10(2): 770-772
Saxena, A.K., Singh, S.K., Surman., Kumar, A. and Badola, S. (2000). SEM studies on the microtopography of eggs of four pigeon lice (Phthiraptera, Insecta). Rivista di.Parasitol, XVII (LX1) N.3:
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Surman., Singh, S.K., Saxena, A.K. and Kumar, A. (1998). Aspects of Oviposition in the poultry shaft louse, Menopon gallinae (Phthiraptera: Amblycera). Rivista di.Parasitol, XV (LIX) N-2 :212-218
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Egg laying pattern and the egg morphology of an ischnoceran louse, Goniocotes jirufti (Ansari, 1947) parasitizing black partridges, Francolinus francolinus (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera). (2018). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 10(3), 838-840. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v10i3.1714
