Scanning electron microscope study of Mirophthirus liae (Anoplura : Mirophthiridae) and confirmation of the family status of the Mirophthiridae (Phthiraptera : Anoplura)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1998
Authors:T. - H. Chin
Journal:Journal of Medical Entomology
Volume:35
Issue:4
Pagination:596 - 598
Date Published:1998
Keywords:liae, microscopy, Mirophthiridae, Mirophthirus, morphology, scanning, taxonomy
Abstract:

The family Mirophthiridae was erected in 1980 to accommodate the monotypic sucking louse Mirophthirus liae Chin, an ectoparasite of the Chinese pygmy dormouse, Typhlomys cinereus. Some systematists did not accept this taxonomic designation and instead placed M. liae in the family Polyplacidae. The scanning electron microscope study descried here provides further diagnosis of M. liae and, based on the unique morphological characteristics of this louse, it is returned to the monotypic family Mirophthiridae. A diagnosis of the family Mirophthiridae is provided.

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