Actornithophilus
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| Actornithophilus | |
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| Dorsal view of male A. uniseriatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Infraorder: | Phthiraptera |
| Family: | Menoponidae |
| Genus: | Actornithophilus Ferris, 1916[1] |
| Type species | |
| Colpocephalum uniseriatum Piaget, 1880 | |
| Synonyms[2][3]: 192 | |
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Actornithophilus is a genus of louse in the family Amblycera.[2] It was circumscribed by Gordon Floyd Ferris in 1916.[1] Its species are ectoparasites of birds in the order Charadriiformes.[3]
