Ornithobius bucephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ischnocera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Ordo: Psocodea Subordo: Troctomorpha Infraordo: Nanopsocetae Subinfraordinal group: Phthiraptera Superfamily group: Ischnocera

Familia: Philopteridae
Genus: Ornithobius
Species: Ornithobius bucephalus

Name

• Ornithobius bucephalus (Giebel, 1874)
  • Type host: Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789) (Aves, Anseriformes, Anatidae)
  • Type locality: Europe (?)
  • Other host(s): Cygnus melanocoryphus (Molina, 1782) (captive)
  • Other locality(ies): Ireland, Scotland, England, Argentina (captive)

References

• Timmermann, G. 1962. Gruppen-Revisionen bei Mallophagen. V. Zur näheren Kennzeichnung des Ornithobius-Komplexes (Philopteridae). Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde 22: 133–147. DOI: 10.1007/BF00329212. Reference page. 
• Arnold, D.C. 2005. Review of the genus Ornithobius (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae), with descriptions of two new species. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 78(2): 158–166. Full article (PDF) Reference page.