Cotingacola engeli

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: Cotingacola
Species: Cotingacola engeli

Name

Cotingacola engeli Valim & Weckstein, 2012: 162

• Holotype: at MZUSP #1746, ♂ (from FMNH-INS 28980).
• Type locality: Rio Mapari Município Japurá, Amazonas, Brazil.
• Type host: Phoenicircus nigricollis (Swainson, 1832) (Aves, Passeriformes, Cotingidae).
• Etymology: Named after Joshua I. Engel (FMNH), in recognition of his past and ongoing efforts to collect avian parasites in the field. Noun in the genitive case.

Primary references

• Valim, M.P. & Weckstein, J.D. 2012. Two new species of Cotingacola Carriker, 1956 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from Amazonian Brazil, with comments on host-specificity. Systematic Parasitology 81(3): 159–167. DOI: 10.1007/s11230-011-9334-7 full article (PDF) Reference page. 

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