Abstract
The checklist includes 282 chewing lice species belonging to 63 genera, 4 families and 2 suborders recorded in Bulgaria until 2008. Their hosts represent 194 bird species belonging to 48 families and 18 orders. Synonyms used in the Bulgarian literature are included.References
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