''Actornithophilus'' is a genus of
louse
Louse ( : lice) is the common name for any member of the clade Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless parasitic insects. Phthiraptera has variously been recognized as an order, infraorder, or a parvorder, as a result o ...
in the family
Amblycera
The Amblycera are a large clade of chewing lice,
parasitic on both birds and mammals. The Amblycera are considered the most primitive clade of lice.
Description
These insects are very much like the familiar advanced sucking lice, except they ...
.
It was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every polyg ...
by
Gordon Floyd Ferris
Gordon Floyd Ferris (January 2, 1893, in Bayard, Kansas – May 21, 1958) was an American entomologist who served as professor of biology at Stanford University from 1912 to 1958 and earned a reputation for his teaching. He founded and edited ...
in 1916.
Its species are
ectoparasites of birds in the order
Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes (, from ''Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water an ...
.
Species
, the following species are recognized:
* ''
A. ardeolae''
* ''
A. bicolor''
* ''
A. canuti''
* ''
A. ceruleus''
* ''
A. crinitus''
* ''
A. erinaceus''
* ''
A. flumineus''
* ''
A. gracilis''
* ''
A. grandiceps''
* ''
A. himantopi''
* ''
A. hoplopteri''
* ''
A. incisus''
* ''
A. kilauensis''
* ''
A. lacustris''
* ''
A. limarius''
* ''
A. limosae''
* ''
A. lyallpurensis''
* ''
A. mexicanus''
* ''
A. multisetosus''
* ''
A. nodularis''
* ''
A. ocellatus''
* ''
A. ochraceus''
* ''
A. paludosus''
* ''
A. patellatus''
* ''
A. pauliani''
* ''
A. pediculoides''
* ''
A. piceus''
* ''
A. pustulosus''
* ''
A. sabulosus''
* ''
A. sedes''
* ''
A. spinulosus''
* ''
A. stictus''
* ''
A. tetralicis''
* ''
A. totani''
* ''
A. umbrinus''
* ''
A. uniseriatus''
References
External links
Signs of Head Lice in Coily Black Hair
Lice
Ectoparasites
Parasites of birds
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