Biology:Meromenopon

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Short description: Genus of lice

Meromenopon
Menacanthus stramineus.jpg
Metomenopon
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Menoponidae
Genus: Meromenopon
Clay & Meinertzhagen 1941

Meromenopon is a genus of chewing lice which parasitise birds. The species Meromenopon meropsis is a parasite of bee-eaters.[1][2]

References

  1. Karáth, Kata; Fuisz, Tibor István; Vas, Zoltán (2013). "Louse (Insecta: Phthiraptera) infestations of European Bee-eaters (Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758) at Albertirsa, Hungary". Ornis Hungarica 21 (2): 33–37. doi:10.2478/orhu-2014-0003. http://www.ornis.hu/articles/OrnisHungarica_vol21(2)_p33-37.pdf. 
  2. El-Ahmed, A.; Gamal, el-D. N.; Shobrak, M.; Dik, B. (2012). "First records of the chewing lice (Phthiraptera) associated with European bee eater (Merops apiaster) in Saudi". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology 42 (3): 525–533. doi:10.12816/0006338. PMID 23469628. 

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