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Prob. Trochiliphagus lineatus
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Prob. Trochiliphagus lineatus
St-Raymond, Porneuf County, Quebec, Canada
August 16, 2020
Found on a (recently) dead ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). Trochiliphagus lineatus is the only known lice associated with A. colubris based on http://phthiraptera.info/category/avian/aves/apodiformes/trochilidae/archilochus/archilochus-colubris

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Prob. Trochiliphagus lineatus Prob. Trochiliphagus lineatus
Contributed by Pierre-Marc Brousseau on 16 August, 2020 - 3:18pm
Last updated 19 August, 2020 - 2:48pm

Moved
Moved from Amblycera.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 19 August, 2020 - 2:48pm

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