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Family LAEMOBOTHRIIDAE<br />

Genus LAEMOBOTHRION<br />

Laemobothrion Nitzsch, 1818. Mag. Ent. Germar, 3:301.<br />

Type species: Pediculus giganteum Nitzsch, 1818 (A<br />

synonym of Pediculus maximus Scopoli, 1763). (By<br />

subsequent designation by Johnston and Harrison,<br />

1911, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. , 36:327).<br />

Laemobothrium Burmeister, 1838. Handb. Ent., 2:441<br />

(Emendation).<br />

Eulaemobothrion Ewing, 1929. Manual External Parasites:<br />

189.<br />

Type species: Laemobothrion nigrum Burmeister,<br />

1838 (A synonym of Laemobothrion atrum Nitzsch,<br />

1818).<br />

Ornithopeplechthos Eichler, 1941. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. ,<br />

102:127.<br />

Type species: Laemobothrion opisthocomi Cummings,<br />

1913.<br />

Pterophagus Eichler, 1941. Stettin. Ent. Ztg., 102:128.<br />

Type species: Laemobothrion gracilentum Harrison,<br />

1915 (A synonym of Laemobothrion gracile Giebel,<br />

1874).<br />

Plegadilymantikos Eichler, 1941. Stettin. Ent. Ztg., 102:128.<br />

Type species: Laemobothrion pallescens Kellogg, 1908.<br />

Species found on the Falconiformes are in the subgenus<br />

Laemobothrion. Species found on the Gruiformes and Podicipitidac<br />

are in the subgenus Eulaemobothrion. For a revision of the sub-<br />

genus Laemobothrion, see Nelson and Price, 1965 (J. Med. Ent.,<br />

2:249).<br />

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