A new genus and four new species of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Menoponidae) from hummingbirds (Apodiformes: Trochilidae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2003
Authors:R. C. Dalgleish, Price R. D.
Journal:Occasional Papers of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology
Volume:7
Pagination:1 - 9
Date Published:2003
Keywords:gen.nov., Leremenopon, mtax, sp.nov., trochilidae
Abstract:

Leremenopon new genus, and four new species, L. fisheri, L. sanchezi, L. donnaldorum, and L. obermani, are described and illustrated. With these descriptions, four genera of chewing lice are now known from hummingbirds.

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