Nesiotinus

{{short description|Genus of lice}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Nesiotinus demersus Kellogg MA I374863 TePapa.jpg

| image_caption = Nesiotinus demersus MA 1374863

| taxon = Nesiotinus

| authority = Kellog, 1903

| type_species = Nesiotinus demersus

| type_species_authority = Kellog, 1903

}}

Nesiotinus is a genus of lice belonging to the family Philopteridae.{{cite web |title=Nesiotinus Kellog, 1903 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1032160 |access-date=19 October 2022 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}} The genus was first described in 1903 by Vernon Lyman Kellogg,{{Cite web |title=Australian Faunal Directory: Nesiotinus |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Nesiotinus |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=biodiversity.org.au |language=en}}{{cite Q|Q99668499|pages= 85-91 [89]}} and the type species is Nesiotinus demersus.

The species of this genus are found infesting King Penguins.{{Cite web |title=Australian Faunal Directory: Host taxa for Nesiotinus Kellogg, 1903 |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Nesiotinus/hosts |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=biodiversity.org.au |language=en}}

Species

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