Cotingacola meridae

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: Cotingacola
Species: Cotingacola meridae

Name

• Cotingacola meridae Carriker, 1956
  • Type host: Pipreola riefferii melanolaema Sclater, 1856 (Aves, Passeriformes, Cotingidae)
  • Type locality: Venezuela
  • Other host(s): Pipreola arcuata (Lafresnaye, 1843)

Primary references

• Carriker, M. A., Jr. 1963: New and little known Mallophaga from Venezuelan birds (Part II). Memoria Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle, 23: 5–42. full article (PDF)

References

• Clayton, D.H.; Price, R.D. 1998: Taxonomic review of Cotingacola (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from the cotingas (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae), with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Medical Entomology, 35(5): 732–739. full article (PDF)
• 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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