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Laemobothriidae

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Laemobothriidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Suborder: Troctomorpha
Infraorder: Nanopsocetae
Parvorder: Phthiraptera
Clade: Amblycera
Family: Laemobothriidae
Genera

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

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  1. ^ 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.