Taxonomy Profile: Polyplax otomydis (Cummings 1912)

Polyplax otomydis: 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 otomydis: 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 otomydis Direct Children(s):
Polyplax otomydis: 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 otomydis
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 otomydis
Source(s):
Source:
Mammal LouseBASE
Acquired:
2003-02-05
Notes:
http://r4-page.zoology.gla.ac.uk/MammalLouseBase/
Reference for:
Polyplax otomydis
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 otomydis
Polyplax otomydis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Polyplax otomydis: Comments
Comment:
Original description/citation, per Durden & Musser (1994): 'Cummings, 1912. Bull. Entomol. Res. 3: 395.'
Comment:
Type locality: Kenya: Mt. Kenya.
Comment:
Distribution: Kenya. Mozambique. Rwanda. South Africa. Zaire. Zambia.