Quadraceps

Quadraceps is a genus of louse.[2] They are ectoparasites of birds in the order Charadriiformes, and the genus was circumscribed in 1939 by Theresa Clay and Richard Meinertzhagen.[1]

For the similarly spelled muscle, see Quadriceps.

Quadraceps
Q. separatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phthiraptera
Family: Philopteridae
Genus: Quadraceps
T. Clay & R. Meinertzhagen, 1939[1]
Type species
Philopterus (Nirmus) vanelli
Denny, 1842

Species

Species include:[2]

  • Quadraceps charadrii (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Quadraceps neoaustralis Emerson & Price, 1986
  • Quadraceps hopkinsi Timmermann, 1952
  • Quadraceps hospes (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866)
  • Quadraceps separatus (Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902)

References
  1. Clay, Theresa; Meinertzhagen, R. (1939). "Three new genera of Mallophaga from Charadriiformes". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 11. 4 (22): 453–454. doi:10.1080/00222933908527008.
  2. "Quadraceps Clay, T.; Meinertzhagen, R.". phthiraptera.info. Retrieved 13 November 2017.


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