Dipteropeltis

Dipteropeltis hirundo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Maxillopoda
Subclass:	Branchiura
Order:	Arguloida
Family:	Argulidae
Genus:	Dipteropeltis; Calman, 1912
Species:	D. hirundo
Binomial name
	Dipteropeltis hirundo; Calman, 1912

Dipteropeltis hirundo is a little-known species of fish louse. It is an ectoparasite of fish in South America,^[2] including piranhas^[3] and Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum.^[4]

References[]

^ T. Chad Walter (July 15, 2008). T. Chad Walter; Geoff Boxshall (eds.). "Dipteropeltis hirundo Calman, 1912". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
^ O. S. Møller; J. Olesen; A. Avenant-Oldewage; P. F. Thomsen; H. Glenner (2008). "First maxillae suction discs in Branchiura (Crustacea): Development and evolution in light of the first molecular phylogeny of Branchiura, Pentastomida, and other Maxillopoda" (PDF). . 37 (4): 333–346. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2007.12.002. PMID 18394959.
^ Lucélia Nobre Carvalho; Kleber Del-Claro; Ricardo Massato Takemoto (2003). "Host–parasite interaction between branchiurans (Crustacea: Argulidae) and piranhas (Osteichthyes: Serrasalminae) in the Pantanal wetland of Brazil". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 67 (3): 289–296. doi:10.1023/A:1025899925545. S2CID 30384973.
^ M. Mamani; C. Hamel; P. A. Van Damme (2004). "Ectoparasites (Crustacea: Branchiura) of Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (surubí) and P. tigrinum (chuncuina) in Bolivian whitewater floodplains" (PDF). . 39 (2): 9–20.

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