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Austromenopon pinguis Kellogg, 1896

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Psocodea

Suborder
Troctomorpha

Family
Menoponidae

Genus
Austromenopon

Species
pinguis

Taxon category: Accepted

Synonym: Colpocephalum pingue Kellogg, 1896; Procellariphaga pinguis (Kellogg, 1896); Hopkins & Clay 1952; Austromenopon pingue (Kellogg, 1896); Timmermann 1965; Austromenopon pinguis (Kellogg, 1896); Price & Clay 1972

References

Palma, R.L. Peck, S.B. (2013) An annotated checklist of parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from the Galápagos Islands Zootaxa 3627 (1): 001–087

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"Galapagos Species Database, Austromenopon pinguis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17540. Accessed 3 November 2026.