Myrsidea whitemani

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amblycera

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: 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 [1]