@article {40365,
	title = {Identification of Microthoracius mazzai (Phthiraptera : Anoplura) as an economically important parasite of alpacas},
	journal = {Journal of Medical Entomology},
	volume = {35},
	year = {1998},
	month = {1998},
	pages = {922 - 930},
	abstract = {<p>The hematophagous sucking louse Microthoracius mazzai Werneck, 1932, is redescribed and identified as a parasite of alpacas, Lama pacos L. Specimens were collected on animals 10-14 mo old, located on a large community farm at 4,600 m above sea level in the Peruvian Andes. In total, 26 scanning electron microscope (SEM) figures are included that highlight salient and differential characteristics, especially the unique elongated spindle-shaped head, which is almost as long as its abdomen. Alpacas, 1 of the ii: species of South American camelids, are important</p>
},
	keywords = {alpacas, lice, mazzai, Microthoracius, Treatment},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/3109.pdf},
	author = {Armando Conrado Cicchino and Cobenas,M. E. M. and Bulman,G. M. and Diaz,J. C. and Laos,A.}
}
