Formicaphagus tyrannina

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: Formicaphagus
Species: Formicaphagus tyrannina

Name

• Formicaphagus tyrannina Sychra (in Sychra et al.), 2006
  • Type host: Cercomacra tyrannina (P.L. Sclater, 1855) (Aves, Passeriformes, Thamnophilidae)
  • Type locality: Costa Rica

Primary references

• Sychra, O., Literák, I., Čapek, M.; Havlíček, M. 2006. Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from typical antbirds and ground antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae, Formicariidae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of three new species of the genera Formicaphagus and Myrsidea. Zootaxa, 1206: 47–61. Preview (PDF)

References

• Cicchino, A. C.; Valim, M. P. 2008. Three new species of Formicaphagus Carriker, 1957 (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae), parasitic on Thamnophilidae and Conopophagidae (Aves, Passeriformes). Zootaxa, 1949: 37–50. Preview (PDF)