The Ricinidae are a
family of a larger group
Amblycera of the
chewing lice. Most commonly they are
ectoparasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
s of birds. The family includes the
genus ''
Ricinus''.
[ ][Bernard C. Nelson (1972): ''A Revision of the New World Species of ''Ricinus'' (Mallophaga). Occurring on Passeriformes (Aves)'', University of California Publications in Entomology Volume 68, University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles,]
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Lice
Insect families
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