Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amblycera 

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: Amblycera

Familia: Menoponidae
Genus: Myrsidea
Species: Myrsidea whitemani

Name

Myrsidea whitemani R.D.Price , K.P.Johnson & R.C.Dalgleish, 2008

Type locality: Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Santa Maria, Hacienda Solimar.

Holotype: USNM . female. 2178. 5 May 1995. Fisher.

Etymology

This species is named in honor of Noah Whiteman, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in recognition of his contributions to understanding the ecology and population genetics of bird lice.

References

  • Price, Johnson & Dalgleish, 2008, Zootaxa 1740: 59–65
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