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Quadraceps
Sign in to saveQuadraceps is a genus of louse. They are ectoparasites of birds in the order Charadriiformes, and the genus was circumscribed in 1939 by Theresa Clay and Richard Meinertzhagen. Infestation is believed to increase the rate of nest desertion, lowers the success rate of baby birds hatching, reduces the number of birds in the clutch, and cause birds to attract fewer mates. All in all, the survival of the nestlings is lowered drastically.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Quadraceps is referenced by 3 other articles, and connects out to parasitism, Animalia and insect.
It sits within the topics Ectoparasites, Lice and Parasites of birds.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderPsocodea
- FamilyPhilopteridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,035
- With media
- 1,006
- Family
- Philopteridae
- Collections
- BROW, UNHC, BYU, UWM, NRM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Egypt, Canada, Zambia, Cameroon, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Philopteridae
- Image
- Quadraceps separatus UMN 6694.jpg
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- taxon name
- Quadraceps
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Quadraceps is a genus of louse. They are ectoparasites of birds in the order Charadriiformes, and the genus was circumscribed in 1939 by Theresa Clay and Richard Meinertzhagen. Infestation is believed to increase the rate of nest desertion, lowers the success rate of baby birds hatching, reduces the number of birds in the clutch, and cause birds to attract fewer mates. All in all, the survival of the nestlings is lowered drastically.
==Species== Species include: Quadraceps charadrii Quadraceps hopkinsi Quadraceps neoaustralis Quadraceps separatus
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