Quadraceps

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|image_caption=Q. separatus

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|authority=T. Clay & R. Meinertzhagen, 1939

|type_species_authority=Denny, 1842

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Quadraceps is a genus of louse. They are ectoparasites of birds in the order Charadriiformes, and the genus was circumscribed in 1939 by Theresa Clay and Richard Meinertzhagen.

Infestation is believed to increase the rate of nest desertion, lowers the success rate of baby birds hatching, reduces the number of birds in the clutch, and cause birds to attract fewer mates. All in all, the survival of the nestlings is lowered drastically.

Species

Species include:

Quadraceps charadrii {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}}
Quadraceps hopkinsi {{small|Timmermann, 1952}}
Quadraceps neoaustralis {{small|Emerson & Price, 1986}}
Quadraceps separatus {{small|(Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902)}}

References

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{{cite journal|last1=Clay|first1=Theresa|last2=Meinertzhagen|first2=R.|title=Three new genera of Mallophaga from Charadriiformes|journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History|date=1939|volume=4|issue=22|pages=453–454|doi=10.1080/00222933908527008|url=http://phthiraptera.info/content/three-new-genera-mallophaga-charadriiformes|series=Series 11}}

{{cite web|title=Quadraceps {{small|Clay, T.; Meinertzhagen, R.}}|url=http://phthiraptera.info/category/chewing-lice/philopteridae/quadraceps|website=phthiraptera.info|access-date=13 November 2017}}

{{cite journal|last1=Clay|first1=Theresa|title=Some problems in the evolution of a group of ectoparasites|journal=Evolution |date=1949|volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=279–299 |doi=10.1111/j.1558-5646.1949.tb00030.x |pmid=15396747 |s2cid=39309234 |doi-access=free }}

{{cite journal|last1=Moyer|first1=Brett|last2=Wagenbach|first2=Gary|title=Sunning by Black Noddies (Anous minutus) May Kill Chewing Lice (Quadraceps hopkinsi)|journal=The Auk |date=1995|volume=112 |issue=4 |pages=1073–1077 |doi=10.2307/4089047 |jstor=4089047 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4089047.pdf}}

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Category:Lice

Category:Ectoparasites

Category:Parasites of birds