Ibidoecus Cummings, 1916

Kuabara, Kamila M. D., Valim, Michel P. & Silveira, Luís Fábio, 2023, New records of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) parasites of Brazilian Anhimidae, Threskiornithidae, and Aramidae (Aves), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 63, pp. 1-13 : 9

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https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2023.63.020

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scientific name

Ibidoecus Cummings, 1916
status

 

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This genus is distributed across the world but is found exclusively on the ibises ( Threskiornithidae ). It currently comprises 23 valid species ( Price et al., 2003).For a review about the Neotropical species see Carriker (1947).

Carriker Jr., M. A. 1947. Neotropical Mallophaga miscellany. No. 2. The genus Ibidoecus Cummings. Boletin de Entomologia Venezolana, 6 (2 - 4): 111 - 136.

Cummings, B. F. 1916. Studies on the Anoplura and Mallophaga, being a report upon a collection from the mammals and birds in the Society's Gardens - Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1915: 643 - 693.

Price, R. D.; Hellenthal, R. A. & Palma, R. L. 2003. World checklist of chewing lice with host associations and keys to families and genera. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication, 24: 1 - 448.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Psocodea

Family

Philopteridae