University of Michigan Insect Collection Museum of Zoology 1109 Geddes Avenue The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079 U.S.A.

Museum of Zoology

Contact:	Barry M. OConnor, Ph.D. Professor and Curator of Insects
Telephone voice:	734-763-4354
Telephone fax:	734-763-4080
Email:	mu@bmoc@umich.edu
Web pages:	http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/ Museum of Zoology http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/ Division of Insects
Phthiraptera Collection:	(500 slides, 1200 vials). Extensive collections of lice from both birds and mammals are held. Coverage is largely North American, with additional significant collections from Egypt, Madagascar, the Philippines and Paraguay. Most specimens remain unidentified and in fluid, but with full host data. Early collections were accumulated by Norman Wood of the museum's Bird Division in the 1920's, with OConnor adding most recent material. Most of the latter collections are vouchered with the hosts' museum catalogue numbers.

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