Machaerilaemus laticorpus ( Carriker 1903 )

Sychra, Old Ì Ich, Literák, Ivan, Apek, Miroslav Č & Martin, 2006, Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from typical antbirds and ground antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae, Formicariidae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of three new species of the genera Formicaphagus and Myrsidea, Zootaxa 1206, pp. 47-61 : 52

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.172392
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6264392
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scientific name	Machaerilaemus laticorpus ( Carriker 1903 )
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Machaerilaemus laticorpus ( Carriker 1903)

Type host. Thamnophilus doliatus (Linnaeus)

Material studied. 2 males, 5 females and 1 nymph ex Gymnopithys leucaspis , COSTA RICA: Hitoy Cerere BR, Provincia Limón (940’N, 8505’W), 25 August 2004, Literák, Č apek & Havlíček. O. Sychra CR18–21.

Only one of five birds examined were parasitised by M. laticorpus .

Host: Phaenostictus mcleannani (Lawrence) —Ocellated Antbird One chewing lice species was found on this host.

References

Carriker, M. A., Jr. (1903) Mallophaga from birds of Costa Rica, Central America. University of Nebraska Studies 3 (2), 123 - 197.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Phthiraptera
ParvOrder	Phthiraptera
Family	Menoponidae
Genus	Machaerilaemus

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