Cotingacola lutzae

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 lutzae

Name

Cotingacola lutzae Valim & Weckstein, 2012: 160

• Holotype: at MZUSP #1749, ♂ (from FMNH-INS 28977).
• Type locality: Rio Mapari Município Japurá, Amazonas, Brazil.
• Type host: Laniocera hypopyrra (Vieillot, 1817) (Aves, Passeriformes, Cotingidae).
• Etymology: Named after Holly L. Lutz (FMNH), in recognition of her interests in studying avian parasites and her extensive efforts collecting avian ectoparasites and parasitological data. 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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