Columbicola wecksteini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ischnocera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Ordo: Psocodea Subordo: Troctomorpha Infraordo: Nanopsocetae Subinfraordinal group: Phthiraptera Superfamily group: Ischnocera

Familia: Philopteridae
Genus: Columbicola
Species: Columbicola wecksteini

Name

Columbicola wecksteini Adams, Price, & Clayton, 2005

• Type host: Ptilinopus rivoli (Prévost, 1843)
• Type locality: New Guinea
• Holotype: BBM 21523
• Etymology: ⧼Eponym⧽ of Jason D. Weckstein, Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois

References

Primary references

• Adams, R.J., Price, R.D. & Clayton, D.H. 2005. Taxonomic revision of Old World members of the feather louse genus Columbicola (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera), including descriptions of eight new species. Journal of Natural History 39(41): 3545–3618. DOI: 10.1080/00222930500393368 Reference page.  p. 3604