Menacanthus chrysophaeus (Kellogg)

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 35

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.273680
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243891
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scientific name	Menacanthus chrysophaeus (Kellogg)
status

Treatment

Ex Melospiza melodia (song sparrow): TN, Blount Co., Cades Cove, 19 Jun. 2001, P. Super. A subspecies of the song sparrow, Melospiza melodia samuelis , is the type host for M. chrysophaeus ( Price et al. 2003) .

Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R. A., Palma, R. L., Johnson, K. P. & Clayton, D. H. (2003) The chewing lice: word checklist and biological overview. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication, 24, 501 pp.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Phthiraptera
Family	Menoponidae
Genus	Menacanthus

Specimens