Little Blue Cattle Louse Solenopotes capillatus (Enderlein) (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Linognathidae)
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Juneau, Kevyn J., and Phillip E. Kaufman. 2009. “Little Blue Cattle Louse Solenopotes Capillatus (Enderlein) (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Linognathidae): EENY422/IN798, 2/2009”. EDIS 2009 (2). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in798-2009.

Abstract

EENY-422, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Kevyn J. Juneau and Phillip E. Kaufman, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes the smallest of the five sucking lice that feed on cattle, its distribution, description, biology, hosts, economic importance and management. Includes selected references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, February 2009.

EENY422/IN798: Little Blue Cattle Louse Solenopotes capillatus (Enderlein) (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Linognathidae) (ufl.edu)

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