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Nomenclature (8)

  • Polyplax calva Waterston, 1917: 199.
  • Proenderleinellus africanus Ewing, 1923: 147.

    Holotype; male; USNM(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) USNM type no. 23760; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Kenya: Majiya-Chumvi.

  • Symysadus calva (Waterston, 1917) in Fahrenholz, 1939: 44. Phylogeny
  • Proenderleinellus calva (Waterston, 1917) in Durden & Musser, 1994: 75. Phylogeny

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Durden, L.A. & Musser, G.G. (1994) The sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) of the world: a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographical distributions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 218, 1–90. Available at http://https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/825
  • Ewing, H.E. (1923) New genera and species of sucking lice. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 13, 146–149.
  • Fahrenholz, H. (1938) Die Anoplurengattung Polyplax. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde, 10, 239–279. Available at http://phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/42148.pdf
  • Fahrenholz, H. (1939) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Anopluren. IV. Mitteilungen aus dem Entomologischen Verein Bremen, 26, 32–47.
  • Waterston, J. (1917) A new african louse (Polyplax calva n.sp.) from Cricetomys. Parasitology, 9, 199–202.

Other references (0)

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1056