Amblycera

Amblycera
	Ricinus bombycillae (Ricinidae); from a Bohemian waxwing
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Psocodea
Suborder:	Troctomorpha
Infraorder:	Nanopsocetae
Parvorder:	Phthiraptera
Clade:	Amblycera; Kellogg, 1896
Families
	Ancistronidae; Boopidae; Colpocephalidae; Gliricolidae; Gyropidae; Laemobothriidae; Menoponidae; Pseudomenoponidae; Ricinidae; Somaphantidae; Trimenoponidae; Trinotonidae;

The Amblycera are a large clade of chewing lice, parasitic on both birds and mammals. The Amblycera are considered the most primitive clade of lice.

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