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Mallophaga is a traditional grouping recently found to be paraphyletic; it has been replaced by three suborders: Amblycera (a primitive suborder widespread on birds, also found on South American and Australian mammals), Ischnocera (mostly avian parasites, but including one family that lives on mammals) and Rhynchophthirina (parasites of elephants and warthogs).
