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Saemundssonia
Genus of lice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saemundssonia is a genus of chewing lice belonging to the family Philopteridae. These lice are parasitic on aquatic birds, especially on members of the order Charadriiformes, but also on Anseriformes, Gruiformes, Pelecaniformes and Procellariiformes. Members of this genus have a broad triangular head bearing a frontal plate with a dark backwards-pointing projection.
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Species
Species include:
- S. acutipecta
- S. boschi
- S. calva
- S. celidoxa
- S. fraterculae
- S. grylle
- S. insolita
- S. laticaudata
- S. merguli
- S. montereyi
- S. wumisuzume
References
Wikispecies has information related to Saemundssonia.
Price, Roger D.; Ricardo L. Palma; Dale H. Clayton (2003). "Review of the genus Saemundssonia Timmermann (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from the Alcidae (Aves: Charadriiformes) including a new species and new host records" (PDF). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 105 (4): 915–924. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
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