Meromenopon is a genus of chewing lice which parasitise birds. The species Meromenopon meropsis is a parasite of bee-eaters.[1][2]

Meromenopon
Metomenopon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Menoponidae
Genus: Meromenopon
Clay & Meinertzhagen 1941

References

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  1. ^ Karáth, Kata; Fuisz, Tibor István; Vas, Zoltán (2013). "Louse (Insecta: Phthiraptera) infestations of European Bee-eaters (Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758) at Albertirsa, Hungary" (PDF). Ornis Hungarica. 21 (2): 33–37. doi:10.2478/orhu-2014-0003.
  2. ^ El-Ahmed, A.; Gamal, el-D. N.; Shobrak, M.; Dik, B. (2012). "First records of the chewing lice (Phthiraptera) associated with European bee eater (Merops apiaster) in Saudi". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 42 (3): 525–533. doi:10.12816/0006338. PMID 23469628.