Mallophaga
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Pine lice ( Mallophaga ) are a group of the insects. They are wingless insects that are classified systematically in the order of animal lice ( Phthiraptera ).
The small, wingless animals with flattened body to live as ectoparasites on birds and mammals. Most species feed on fragments of feathers, hair and other parts of the epidermis. Some species also feed on glandular secretion by Prick in hair follicles. Still others also suck blood from wounds of their hosts. The gift of gab Show the lice are chewing. The hosts try to get rid of the parasites by dust baths or ants. It is not known that the lice infest humans.
System
The pine lice are divided into two suborders.