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Agriculture · Q183

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 183

Q183

Powlowskys gland lubricating the mouth parts is found in

A.
Orthoptera
B.
Mallophaga
C.
Siphunculata
Answer
D.
Siphonaptera

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Powlowskys gland lubricating the mouth parts is found in Siphunculata.
Sucking lice (Anoplura, formerly known as Siphunculata) have around 500 species and represent the smaller of the two traditional superfamilies of lice.
The Anoplura are all blood-feeding ectoparasites of mammals. They only occur in about 20% of all placentalian mammal species and are unknown from several orders of mammals. They can cause localized skin irritations and are vectors of several blood-borne diseases.