Some Problems in the Evolution of a Group of Ectoparasites

1 December 1949

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Evolution

Vol. 3 (4) , 279
https://doi.org/10.2307/2405715

Abstract

1. The Mallophaga, a group of obligate ectoparasitic insects found on birds and mammals, may have a large number of genera and species occurring on one host spe...

Keywords

EVOLUTION
SPECIES OCCURRING
HOST SPE
INSECTS FOUND
ECTOPARASITIC INSECTS
OBLIGATE ECTOPARASITIC
LARGE NUMBER
GENERA
MALLOPHAGA
MAMMALS