Columbicola columbae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Psocodea
- Family
- Philopteridae
- Genus
- Columbicola
- Species
- Columbicola columbae
- Scientific Name
- Columbicola columbae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Columbicola columbae
Columbicola columbae, also known as the slender pigeon louse, is a species of lice in the genus Columbicola. It is very host-specific, feeding primarily on only 4 different species of birds. C. columbae are ectoparasites, usually feeding only on the superficial layer of the skin.
...Columbicola columbae in languages:
- Arabic
- قمل الحمام النحيل
- Czech
- péřovka holubí
- English
- Slender pigeon louse
- Hungarian
- tolltetű
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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