Saemundssonia
Saemundssonia is a genus of chewing lice belonging to the family Philopteridae. These lice are parasitic on aquatic birds, especially on members of the order Charadriiformes, but also on Anseriformes, Gruiformes, Pelecaniformes and Procellariiformes. Members of this genus have a broad triangular head bearing a frontal plate with a dark backwards-pointing projection.
| Saemundssonia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phthiraptera |
| Family: | Philopteridae |
| Genus: | Saemundssonia Timmermann, 1956 |
| Species | |
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around 100 described species and subspecies | |
Species
Species include:
- S. acutipecta
- S. boschi
- S. calva
- S. celidoxa
- S. fraterculae
- S. grylle
- S. insolita
- S. laticaudata
- S. merguli
- S. montereyi
- S. wumisuzume
gollark: Oh no, imagine having checks?
gollark: Well, yes, but it's not required to by any specs, and can do literally whatever.
gollark: They will, however, not panic.
gollark: They are defined as working two's-complement-ly or something, there's an RFC on it.
gollark: In release mode, integer overflows are still DEFINED.
References
Price, Roger D.; Ricardo L. Palma; Dale H. Clayton (2003). "Review of the genus Saemundssonia Timmermann (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from the Alcidae (Aves: Charadriiformes) including a new species and new host records" (PDF). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 105 (4): 915–924.
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