Laemobothriidae Mjöberg, 1910



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Amblycera Kellogg, 1896
Laemobothriidae Mjöberg, 1910


Distribution:
Laemobothrion

Aves: Falconiformes:

Laemobothrion (Eulaemobothrion)

Aves: Gruiformes:

Aves: Ciconiiformes:

Ornithopeplechthos

Aves: Cuculiformes: Opisthocomidae: "Hoatzin"


Synonomy:

Laemobothrion Nitzsch, 1818:301

Johnson and Harrison, 1911:327. designated L. maximum Scopoli as type species
Hopkins and Clay, 1952:183. Valid
Price et al., 2003:79. Valid

Eulaemobothrion Ewing, 1929:189

Hopkins and Clay, 1952:133. a subgenus of Laemobothrion
Price et al., 2003:79. a subgenus of Laemobothrion

Ciconiicola Lakshminarayana, 1970:138.

Price et al., 2003:79. = Eulaemobothrion. New synonomy

Laemobothrium Burmeister, 1838:441. Emendation

Hopkins and Clay, 1952:183. = Laemobothrion
Price et al., 2003:79. = Laemobothrion

Ornithopeplechthos Eichler, 1941:127

Hopkins and Clay, 1952:253. = Eulaemobothrion
Lakshminarayana, K., 1970:137. valid
Price et al., 2003:79. = Eulaemobothrion
Dalgleish, 2004:web. valid

Plegadilymantikos Eichler, 1941:128

Eichler, 1943:61. not separable from Eulaemobothrion
Hopkins and Clay, 1952:294. = Eulaemobothrion
Price et al., 2003:79. = Eulaemobothrion

Pterophagus Eichler, 1941:128

Hopkins and Clay, 1952:307. = Eulaemobothrion
Price et al., 2003:79. = Eulaemobothrion


Key to genera:
1 Head without frontal peg-like setae; parameres fused Laemobothrion
1' Head with frontal peg-like setae; parameres not fused 2
2 Head strongly emarginated or deeply sunk, with long and broad peg-like setae; mandibles sexually dimorphic Ornithopeplechthos
2' Head not emarginated or sunk, frontal peg-like setae short and pointed; mandibles similar in both sexes Eulaemobothrion
  
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