TY - JOUR T1 - Ootaxonomy and Egg Shell Morphology of Phthirapteran Species Infesting Coturnix Coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758) (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Ischnocera) AU - Gupta, Neelima AU - Ahmad, Aftab JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 20 IS - 10 SP - 189 EP - 193 PY - 2021 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2021.189.193 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2021.189.193 KW - ischnocera KW -egg structure KW -Coturnix coturnix KW -lice KW -phthiraptera AB - The morphological features of eggs of three phthirapteran species (Menacanthus abdominal is Piaget, 1880, Cuclotogaster cinereus Nitzsch, 1866 and Goniodes astrocephalus Burn, 1838) of common quail lice, Coturnix coturnix, Linnaeus, 1758 were studied through SEM. Differences in shape, size, sculpturing of eggs of each species exhibits difference in microtopography (mention key differences). ER -