Ricinus (insect) explained
Ricinus is a genus of chewing lice which parasitise birds. It is the largest-bodied genus of chewing lice found parasitizing Passeriformes.[1] [2]
Notes and References
- Valan. Miroslav. Sychra. Oldrich. Literak. Ivan. Chewing lice of genus Ricinus (Phthiraptera, Ricinidae) deposited at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia, with description of a new species. Parasite. 23. 2016. 7. 1776-1042. 10.1051/parasite/2016007. 26902646. 4763114.
- Bernard C. Nelson (1972): A Revision of the New World Species of Ricinus (Mallophaga). Occurring on Passeriformes (Aves), University of California Publications in Entomology Volume 68, University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles, PDF