Abrocomophaga emmons (lat.) - a species of wingless insects of the family Gyropidae from the order of lice and lice . Permanent mammalian parasites . South America. Endemic to Peru [2] [3] .
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Description
Small lice, males 0.98 mm long (females: 1.06-1.16 mm). Antennae 4-segmented. Lower labial palps 2-segmented. The head is triangular in shape. Prothorax is wider than its length, with a pair of spiracles. The mesonotum and methanotum are not merged together. Legs are almost the same length with one unmodified claw. The abdomen is long and narrow. 3-7th abdominal segments with a pair of spiracles (5 pairs of abdominal spiracles in total); on the 8th segment of the spiracle absent. The genitals of males are symmetrical [1] [2] .
Parasitize on the Peruvian chinchilla rat of the species Cuscomys ashaninka ( Abrocomidae ) [1] [4] . It was first described in 2000 by American entomologists Roger Price (Price Roger D .; St. Paul, Minnesota, USA ) and Robert M. Timm (University of Kansas, Lawrence) [1] . Currently (together with the species Abrocomophaga chilensis and Abrocomophaga hellenthali Price & Timm, 2000) it is included in the Gyropidae family of the suborder Amblycera . The name is given in honor of the zoologist Louise Emmons (Emmons H. Louise, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution), who collected a typical series [3] [2] .
See also
- Down-eaters
- Acidoproctus emersoni
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Emerson KC, Price RD Abrocomophagidae (Mallophaga: Amblycera), a new family from Chile (Eng.) // Florida Entomologist: Journal. - 1976. - Vol. 59, no. 4 . - P. 425-428.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Price, RD; Timm, RM Review of the chewing louse genus Abrocomophaga (Phthiraptera: Amblycera), with description of two new species. (English) // Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington: Magazine. - 2000. - Vol. 113, no. 1 . - P. 210-217.
- ↑ 1 2 brocomophaga emmonsae Price, RD; Timm, RM . Phthiraptera.info. - Description. Date of treatment January 1, 2015.
- ↑ Price, RD; Hellenthal, RA; Palma, RL 2003: World checklist of chewing lice with host associations and keys to families and genera. Pp. 1-448 in: Price, RD et al. The chewing lice: world checklist and biological overview. Illinois Natural History Survey special publication, (24): 1-448. Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Literature
- Clay T., 1970. The Amblycera (Phthiraptera: Insecta) . Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 1970.25, 3: 75-98.