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Quadraceps obtusus Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902

piojo, louse

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Psocodea

Suborder
Troctomorpha

Family
Philopteridae

Genus
Quadraceps

Species
obtusus

Taxon category: Accepted

Synonyms: Nirmus obtusus (Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902); Degeeriella obtusa (Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902); Harrison 1916; Degeeriella conformis (Blagoveshtchensky, 1940); Quadraceps conformis (Blagoveshtchensky, 1940); Hopkins & Clay 1952; Koeniginirmus obtusus (Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902); Złotorzycka 1967

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, Quadraceps obtusus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17568. Accessed 3 November 2026.