Echinophthirius horridus (von Olfers, 1816)

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Nomenclature

Family: Echinophthiriidae

Genus: Echinophthirius

Species:

Echinophthirius horridus (von Olfers, 1816)

Usage:

valid

Reference:

De vegetativis et animatis corporibus in corporibus animatis reperiundis commentarius. Dissertatio, part I

Authors:

(von Olfers, 1816)

Published Taxon Remarks:

This species was described on the basis of specimens collected from Phoca vitulina Linnaeus. The type specimens, presumably deposited in the collection of the Zoologisches Museum, Berlin, where they were not found, must be considered lost. [ex. Kim, K. C., Pratt, H. D., Stojanovich, C. J. 1986. The Sucking Lice of North America, p. 241: Pennsylvania State University]

Reference Title:

De vegetativis et animatis corporibus animatis reperiun-dis commentarius, Part 1

Taxon Citation Remarks:

Citation information points to the most recent interpretation of the taxon name (not the original, which is absent from the sucking louse checklist).

Authority:

(von Olfers, 1816)

URL:

https://phthiraptera.myspecies.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/39513.pdf

Year:

1816

Synonyms: 13

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