NOMEN: Amblycera Kellogg 1896: 377 [V.L. Kellogg. The Mallophaga. – Psyche, 1896, 7 (241): 375-379]
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Kellogg
1896):
Gyropidae 
Gyropus +
Liotheidae Liotheum
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Ricinus/fg (sine Philopterus)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE:
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.
Systematic position and classification of Amblycera:
| Parasita
Siphunculata Rhyncophthirina Mallophaga Amblycera Ischnocera |