Laemobothriidae
| Laemobothriidae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Suborder: | Troctomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Phthiraptera |
| Parvorder: | Amblycera |
| Family: | |
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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.
References
- ^ 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.