Colpocephalum afrozeae

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: Colpocephalum
Species: Colpocephalum afrozeae

Name

• Colpocephalum afrozeae Naz, Sychra & Rizvi, 2012: figs. 1-12

Holotype: NHMUK, ♂.

Type locality: Pakistan: Karachi; 20-VII-2006; leg. Naz, S.; on Columba livia (Gmelin).

Etymology: The present species is named after Mrs Hussan Afroze, mother of the first author.

References

• Naz, Saima, Oldřich Sychra & Syed A. Rizvi, 2012: New records and a new species of chewing lice (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Ischnocera) found on Columbidae (Columbiformes) in Pakistan. ZooKeys, 174: 79–93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.174.2717.