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. |
URL: | https://phthiraptera.myspecies.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/3108.pdf |
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