Taxonomy Profile: Polyplax arvicanthis (Bedford 1919)

Polyplax arvicanthis: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Polyplax arvicanthis: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Hexapoda
hexapods |
Class : Insecta
insects |
hexapoda |
inseto |
insectes |
Subclass : Pterygota
winged insects |
insects ailés |
Infraclass : Neoptera
modern, wing-folding insects |
Superorder : Paraneoptera
Order : Psocodea
Suborder : Anoplura
sucking lice |
Family : Polyplacidae
Genus : Polyplax
Polyplax arvicanthis Direct Children(s):
Polyplax arvicanthis: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Lance A. Durden
Notes:
Associate Professor and Associate Curator, Institute of Arthropodology & Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, USA
Reference for:
Polyplax arvicanthis
Expert:
Vincent S. Smith
Notes:
Wellcome Trust Junior Research Fellow, Graham Kerr Building, DEEB, IBLS, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ. UK
Reference for:
Polyplax arvicanthis
Source(s):
Source:
Mammal LouseBASE
Acquired:
2003-02-05
Notes:
http://r4-page.zoology.gla.ac.uk/MammalLouseBase/
Reference for:
Polyplax arvicanthis
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Durden, Lance A., and Guy G. Musser
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1994-01-19 / 1994-01-19
Article/Chapter Title:
The sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) of the world: a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographical distributions
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 218
Page(s):
90
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0003-0090
Notes:
Reference for:
Polyplax arvicanthis
Polyplax arvicanthis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Polyplax arvicanthis: Comments
Comment:
Original description/citation, per Durden & Musser (1994): 'Bedford, 1919. Rep. Div. Vet. Res., Dept. Agric., Union S. Africa 5-6: 716.'
Comment:
Type locality: South Africa: Transvaal, Pretoria, Onderstepoort.
Comment:
Distribution: Kenya. Mozambique. Namibia. South Africa.