Campanulotes elegans
Campanulotes elegans is a species of lice in the disputed, probably paraphyletic, family Philopteridae, the chewing lice, or in the family Goniodidae.
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| Order: | Phthiraptera or Goniodidae (disputed) |
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| Species: | C. elegans |
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| Campanulotes elegans (Tendeiro, 1978)[1] | |
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C. flavus elegans (Tendeiro, 1978)[2] | |
It is a parasite on Phaps elegans, the brush bronzewing, a species of bird in the pigeon family endemic to Australia.
References
- Estudos sobre os Goniodideos (Mallophaga, Ischnocera) dos Columbiformes. XVII - Novas observações sobre os generos Campanulotes Kéler, Saussurites Tendeiro e Stephanius Tendeiro. J Tendeiro, Garcia de Orta, Série Zoologia, 1978, Volume 7, pages 115-127 (URL)
- Pigeon lice down under: Taxonomy of Australian Campanulotes (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae), with a description of C. durdeni N. Sp. Roger D. Price, Dale H. Clayton, and Richard J. Adams, Journal of Parasitology: October 2000, Vol. 86, No. 5, pages 948-950 doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0948:PLDUTO]2.0.CO;2
External links
- "Campanulotes elegans" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- "Campanulotes elegans". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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