. Elementary entomology . Fig. 164. Box-elder bug [Leptocon's irivit- tat us). (Twice natural size) (After Kellogg) Suborder Parasita As their name indicates, the members of this suborder are parasites upon man and other mammals, being commonly known as lice. They may well be called the true lice, or sucking lice, to distinguish them from the bird-lice {Mallophagd), plant- lice {Aphididac), and other insects com- monly called lice. They are small, soft- bodied, wingless in- sects, with a stout, unsegmented beak, either without eyes or with only simple eyes, and the tarsi bear but a single claw
. Elementary entomology . Fig. 164. Box-elder bug [Leptocon's irivit- tat us). (Twice natural size) (After Kellogg) Suborder Parasita As their name indicates, the members of this suborder are parasites upon man and other mammals, being commonly known as lice. They may well be called the true lice, or sucking lice, to distinguish them from the bird-lice {Mallophagd), plant- lice {Aphididac), and other insects com- monly called lice. They are small, soft- bodied, wingless in- sects, with a stout, unsegmented beak, either without eyes or with only simple eyes, and the tarsi bear but a single claw, all of these characters indi- cating a degenerate group. The head-louse infests the hair of man, and the body- louse, or grayback, as soldiers term it, lives in and lays its eggs in the seams of clothing. The general appearance, greatly enlarged,
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