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Home How to cite this site Terms & conditions Disclaimer Contact Site tutorial / Help Links	Plagiorhynchus crassicollis Subspecies Original description Villot, 1875 Synonyms Plagiorhynchus crassicollis (Villot, 1875) Plagiorhynchus crassicollis crassicollis (Villot, 1875) Plagiorhynchus lanceolatus (von Linstow, 1876) Identification Distribution Reported from many parts of the Palearctic region including France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK, Russia. Records also exist from Greenland and Cuba. Biology Lives as a parasite in the intestines of birds. Known from Charadrius hiaticula, Charadrius dubius, Phalaropus lobatus in Europe and Asia. Reported from Charadrius wilsonia from Cuba. This page has been updated on August 27, 2010 This site is online since May 31, 2005 Copyright © by Nikola-Michael Prpic-Schäper. All rights reserved.