Philopteroides sclerotifrons

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: Philopteroides
Species: Philopteroides sclerotifrons

Name

• Philopteroides sclerotifrons Ansari, 1955
  • Type host: Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus Latham, 1790 (Aves, Passeriformes, Nectariniidae)
  • Type locality: India

Primary references

• Tandan, B.K. 1955: Mallophagan parasites from Indian birds. Part IV. Species belonging to the genera Philopterus, Capraiella and Pectinopygus (Superfamily Ischnocera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12), 5: 417–433. 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. 

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