Mayriphilopterus spinosus

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: Mayriphilopterus
Species: Mayriphilopterus spinosus

Name

Mayriphilopterus spinosus (Carriker, 1963)

Type host: Bucco capensis Linnaeus, 1758 (Aves, Galbuliformes, Bucconidae)

Type locality: Venezuela

Primary references

• Carriker, M.A. Jr 1963: New and little known Mallophaga from Venezuelan birds (Part II). Memoria Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle, 23(64): 5–42. full article (PDF)

References

• Mey, E. 2004. Zur Taxonomie, Verbreitung und parasitophyletischer Evidenz des Philopterus-Komplexes (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Ischnocera) [Taxonomy, distribution and parasitophyletic evidence of the Philopterus-complex (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Ischnocera).] Ornithologischer Anzeiger, 43(2): 149–203. [in German, with English abstract] full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Valim, M.P.; Linardi, P.M. 2007: Description of the male of Mayriphilopterus nystalicus Mey, 2004 (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae). Zootaxa, 1604: 47–51. full article (PDF)

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