Nesiotinus demersus

Nesiotinus demersus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Philopteridae

Nesiotinus is a genus of lice belonging to the family Philopteridae. The genus was first described in 1903 by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, and the type species is Nesiotinus demersus. The species of this genus are found infesting King Penguins.

Distribution

Nesiotinus demersus — (c) Lucas Kaminski, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Lucas Kaminski · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 1

Sources and credits

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Nesiotinus demersus

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