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Pectinopygus minor (Ewing, 1924)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Psocodea

Suborder
Troctomorpha

Family
Philopteridae

Genus
Pectinopygus

Species
minor

Taxon category: Accepted

Synonyms: Nirmus fuscomarginatus (Kellogg, 1906); Lipeurus potens (Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902; Kellogg, 1906); Lipeurus helleri (Kellogg, 1906); Esthiopterum potens var. minor (Ewing, 1924); Pectinopygus annulatus (Piaget, 1880); Clay in Linsley & Usinger, 1966

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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