''Anaticola'' is a genus of
lice
Louse (: lice) is the common name for any member of the infraorder Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless parasitic insects. Phthiraptera was previously recognized as an order, until a 2021 genetic study determined th ...
belonging to the family
Philopteridae
Philopteridae is a family (biology), family of feather lice. They are parasite, parasitic on birds, primarily consuming downy feathers.
Philopteridae is a highly diverse family with more than 2,700 described species, and constitutes 30% of the o ...
,
which was first described in 1935 by
Theresa Clay
Theresa Rachel "Tess" Clay (7 February 1911 – 17 March 1995) was an English entomologist. She was introduced to zoology by her older relative, the ornithologist and adventurer Richard Meinertzhagen, with whom she had an unusually close relati ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and New Zealand.
Species:
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Anaticola angustolimbatus''
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Anaticola anseris''
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Anaticola asymmetricus''
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Anaticola australis''
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Anaticola beieri''
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Anaticola branderi''
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Anaticola breviceps''
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Anaticola buccinator''
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Anaticola cairinensis''
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Anaticola candidus''
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Anaticola chaetodens''
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Anaticola clangulae''
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Anaticola coloratus''
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Anaticola constrictus''
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Anaticola crassicornis''
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Anaticola cygnopsis''
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Anaticola delacouri''
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Anaticola dissonus''
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Anaticola ernstmayri''
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Anaticola gambensis''
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Anaticola jamesi''
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Anaticola klockenhoffi''
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Anaticola magnificus''
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Anaticola marginella''
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Anaticola megaceros''
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Anaticola mergiserrati''
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Anaticola parviceps''
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Anaticola phoenicopteri
''Anaticola'' is a genus of lice belonging to the family Philopteridae, which was first described in 1935 by Theresa Clay.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and New Zealand.
Species:
*''Anaticola angustolimbatus''
*''Anaticola ans ...
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Anaticola pseudofuligulae''
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Anaticola rheinwaldi''
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Anaticola tadornae''
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Anaticola tamarae''
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Anaticola thoracicus''
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Anaticola tordae''
References
Lice
Insect genera
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