Cotingacola lutzae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ischnocera
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Psocodea Ordo: Phthiraptera Subordo: Ischnocera

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.

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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