Ricinidae

Most, if not all, of the following specimens were examined by B. C. Nelson and are included in his 1972 revision of the Ricinus species from hosts from North and South America.

Ricinidae Ricinus arcuatus Kellogg & Mann.
No. slides: 1  
Host: Tyrannus tyrannus 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus arcuatus Kellogg & Mann.
No. slides: 1  
Host: swallow ?error 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus arcuatus Kellogg & Mann.
No. slides: 2  
Host: Tyrannus dominicensis 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus australis Kellogg.
No. slides: 1  
Host: indigo bunting 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus calcarii Nelson.
No. slides: 1  
Host: Calcarius lapponicus 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus dendroicae Nelson.
No. slides: 3  
Host: blackburnian warbler 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus diffusus Kellogg.
No. slides: 1  
Host: Spizella monticola 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus diffusus Kellogg.
No. slides: 1  
Host: savanna sparrow 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus diffusus Kellogg.
No. slides: 2  
Host: tree sparrow 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus diffusus Kellogg.
No. slides: 3  
Host: Junco oreganus 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus diffusus Kellogg.
No. slides: 4  
Host: Melospiza melodia 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus diffusus Kellogg.
No. slides: 16  
Host: Spizella arborea arborea 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus elongatus Olfers.
No. slides: 1  
Host: Planesticus migratorius migratorius 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus fringillae De Geer.
No. slides: 1  
Host: Amphispiza bilineata deserticola 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus fringillae De Geer.
No. slides: 1  
Host: Passer domesticus 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus fringillae De Geer.
No. slides: 3  
Host: Junco hyemalis 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus fringillae De Geer.
No. slides: 9  
Host: Pooecetes gramineus 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus irascens Burmeister.
No. slides: 2  
Host: Fringilla coelebs coelebs 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus marginatus Children.
No. slides: 1  
Host: Mylarchus crinitus 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus marginatus Children.
No. slides: 1  
Host: Selurus novebracensis 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus marginatus Children.
No. slides: 1  
Host: kingbird 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus rubeculae Schrank.
No. slides: 1  
Host: Erithacus rubecula 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus thoracicus Packard.
No. slides: 1  
Host: Calcarius lapponicus 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus thoracicus Packard.
No. slides: 3  
Host: Plectrophenax nivalis 
  
Ricinidae Ricinus vireoensis Nelson.
No. slides: 1  
Host: red-eyed vireo 
  
Ricinidae Trochiloecetes prominens Kellogg & Chapman.
No. slides: 1  
Host: Archilochus colubris 
  
 
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