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Amblycera

Vince Smith
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taxon links [up-->]Laemobothriidae [up-->]Boopiidae [up-->]Menoponidae [up-->]Trimenoponidae [up-->]Ricinidae [up-->]Gyropidae [down<--]Phthiraptera Interpreting the tree
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Amblyceran families according to Clay (1970).
Containing group: Phthiraptera

References

Barker, S. C., D. A. Briscoe, et al. (1992). "Phylogeny Infered from Allozymesin the Heterodoxus octoseriatus group of species (Phthiraptera: Boopiidae)." Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 411-422.

Barker, S. C., D. A. Briscoe, et al. (1991). "Genetic variation in the Heterodoxus octoseriatus group (Phthiraptera): A test of Price's modelof parasite evolution." International Journal for Parasitology 21(5): 555-563.

Barker, S. C. and R. L. Close (1990). "Zoogeography and Host associations of the Heterodoxus octoseriatus group and H. ampullatus (Phthiraptera: Boopiidae) from rock wallabies (Marsupialia: Petrogale)." International Journal for Parasitology 20(8): 1081-1087.

Barker, S. C., R. L. Close, et al. (1991). "Genetic dievrgence in Heterodoxus octoseriatus (Phthiraptera)." International Journal for Parasitology 21 (4): 479-482.

Bee, C. A. and R. L. Close (1993). "Mitochondrial DNA analysis of introgression between adjacent taxa of rock-wallabies, Petrogale species (Marsupialia: Macropodidae)." Genet. Res., Camb. [Check] 61: 21-37.

Clay, T. (1969). "A key to the genera of the Menoponiidae (Amblycera: Mallophaga: Insecta)." Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History Entomology 24: 3-26.

Clay, T. (1970). "The Amblycera (Phthiraptera: Insecta)." Bulletin of the BritishMuseum of Natural History Entomology 25: 75-98.

Clayton, D.H., Price, R.D. & Page, R.D.M. (1996). "Revision of Dennyus (Collodennyus) lice (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from swiftlets, with descriptions of new taxa and a comparison of host-parasite relationships." Systematic Entomology 21: 179-204.

Eichler, W. D. (1963). Phthiraptera 1. Mallophaga. Leipzig, Verlagegesellschaft Geost & Portig K.G.

Eldridge, M. D. B. and R. L. Close (1992). "Taxonomy of the Rock Wallabies: Petrogale(Marsupialia: Macropodidae). I. A revision of the Eastern Petrogale with the description of three new species." Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 605-625.

Ledger, J. A. (1971). "A review of Dennyus (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) parasitic on the avian genera Apus and Cypsiurus." Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 34(1): 37-56.

Lonc, E. (1990). "Phenetic classification of Ricinidae (Phthiraptera: Amblycera)." Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 59: 403-491.

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Scientific Name Dennyus distinctus distinctus
Comments Parasite of the common swift Apus apus
Reference Clayton, D.H., Price, R.D. & Page, R.D.M. 1996. Revision of Dennyus (Collodennyus) lice (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from swiftlets, with descriptions of new taxa and a comparison of host-parasite relationships." Systematic Entomology 21: 179-204.
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