Birds and their associated Chewing Lice
Avian taxonomy Howard and Moore, 3rd. Edition, 2003
Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C. Dalgleish.
conventions:
Extinct = †
Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "
Eurypygidae - Sunbittern
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Rallicola [Philopteridae]
Laemobothrion [Laemobothriidae]
Eurypyga Illinger, 1811
- Eurypyga helias (Pallas, 1781) - Sunbittern
Rallicola mallophagulus (Eichler, 1943) *
Laemobothrion eurypygae (Carriker, 1963) *
Last revised:
30 August, 2003
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