The Laemobothriidae are a family of a larger group Amblycera of the chewing lice.[1] Most commonly they are ectoparasites of birds. The genera are sometimes all united in Laemobothrion.
Laemobothriidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Psocodea |
Suborder: | Troctomorpha |
Infraorder: | Nanopsocetae |
Parvorder: | Phthiraptera |
Clade: | Amblycera |
Family: | Laemobothriidae |
Genera | |
References
edit- ^ Marshall, Isabel (2003). "A morphological phylogeny for four families of amblyceran lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Menoponidae, Boopidae, Laemobothriidae, Ricinidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 138 (1): 39–82. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00057.x.