Meromenopon
| Menacanthus | |
|---|---|
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| Menacanthus stramineus nymphs on a chicken feather | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phthiraptera |
| Suborder: | Amblycera |
| Family: | Menoponidae |
| Genus: | Menacanthus Clay & Meinertzhagen 1941 |
Meromenopon is a genus of chewing lice which parasitise birds. The species Meromenopon meropsis is a parasite of bee-eaters.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Karáth, Kata; Fuisz, Tibor István; Vas, Zoltán (2013). "Louse (Insecta: Phthiraptera) infestations of European Bee-eaters (Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758) at Albertirsa, Hungary" (PDF). Ornis Hungarica. 21 (2): 33–37. doi:10.2478/orhu-2014-0003.
- ↑ El-Ahmed, A.; Gamal, el-D. N.; Shobrak, M.; Dik, B. (2012). "First records of the chewing lice (Phthiraptera) associated with European bee eater (Merops apiaster) in Saudi". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 42 (3): 525–533. PMID 23469628.
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