Polyplax

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Polyplax is a genus of lice belonging to the family Polyplacidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *Polyplax abyssinica *Polyplax acomydis *Polyplax alaskensis *Polyplax antennata *Polyplax arvicanthis *Polyplax asiatica *Polyplax auricularis *Polyplax biseriata *Polyplax blanfordi *Polyplax borealis *Polyplax brachyrrhyncha *Polyplax brachyuromyis *Polyplax bullimae *Polyplax bureschi *Polyplax calomysci *Polyplax caluri *Polyplax cannomydis *Polyplax chinensis *Polyplax cummingsi *Polyplax cutchicus *Polyplax dacnomydi *Polyplax dacnomydis *Polyplax dentaticornis *Polyplax deomydis *Polyplax dolichura *Polyplax ellobii *Polyplax eropepli *Polyplax expressa *Polyplax gerbilli *Polyplax gracilis *Polyplax grammomydis *Polyplax grammomys *Polyplax guatemalensis *Polyplax hannswrangeli *Polyplax hoogstraali *Polyplax hopkinsi *Polyplax humae *Polyplax hurrianicus *Polyplax indica *Polyplax insulsa *Polyplax jonesi *Polyplax kaiseri *Polyplax kondana *Polyplax longus *Polyplax melasmothrixi *Polyplax meridionalis *Polyplax miacantha *Polyplax myotomydis *Polyplax nesomydis *Polyplax opimi *Polyplax otomydis *Polyplax oxyrrhyncha *Polyplax paradoxa *Polyplax parataterae *Polyplax phloemydis *Polyplax phloeomydis *Polyplax phthisica *Polyplax plesia *Polyplax praecisa *Polyplax praomydis *Polyplax pricei *Polyplax qiuae *Polyplax reclinata *Polyplax rhizomydis *Poly…

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