Birds and their associated Chewing Lice
Avian taxonomy Howard and Moore, 3rd. Edition, 2003
Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C. Dalgleish.
conventions:
- Extinct = †
- Type species of host genus in bold
- Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "
Gaviidae
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Gavia Forster, J. R., 1788
- Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan, 1763) - Red-throated Diver/ Red-throated Loon
Craspedonirmus colymbinus (Denny, 1842) *
- Gavia arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black-throated Diver/ Arctic Loon
Craspedonirmus colymbinus (Denny, 1842)
- Gavia pacifica (Lawrence, 1858) - Pacific Diver/ Pacific Loon
Craspedonirmus colymbinus (Denny, 1842)
- Gavia immer (Brunnich, 1764) - Great Northern Diver/ Common Loon
Craspedonirmus immer Emerson, 1955 *
- Gavia adamsii (Gray, G. R., 1859) - White-billed Diver/ Yellow-billed Loon
Last revised: 20 August, 2003
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