Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1989 |
Authors: | M. Modrzejewska |
Journal: | Wiadomosci parazytologiczne |
Volume: | 35 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pagination: | 323 - 336 |
Date Published: | 1989 |
ISBN Number: | 0043-5163 |
Keywords: | animals, Biometry, Bird parasites, Comparative Study, English Abstract, Mallophaga, Poland, Sex Factors |
Abstract: | The variability of metric characters of 7 examined species to the biting lice, typical for the pheasants, totalled 2-6% for imagines. In some species the coefficients of variability for the measurements of thorax and abdomen reached value of 10%. As a rule, the head dimensions as well as the total length of three species had the lowest (to 3%) variability. The nymphs were characterized by the higher coefficients of variability of all examined characters, though also the lowest (3-8%) values were noted for the head dimensions whereas the highest (to 19%) ones for abdomen width. Such high values are probably associated with extending of the abdomen which is slightly sclerotized in the nymphs. |
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