Type

Trichodectes geomydis Osborn, 1896 type species by original designation of Geomydoecus Ewing, 1929

Nomenclature (2)

  • Geomydoecus Ewing, 1929: 193.

    type species by original designation Trichodectes geomydis Osborn, 1896

  • Geomydoecus Ewing, 1929 in Reed, Hafner, Allen & Smith, 2000 Behavior; Life History

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Ewing, H.E. (1929) A manual of external parasites. In A manual of external parasites. C. C. Thomas, Springfield, Ill. xiv+225 pgs.
  • Reed, D.L., Hafner, M.S., Allen, S.K. & Smith, M.B. (2000) Spatial partitioning of host habitat by chewing lice of the genera Geomydoecus and Thomomydoecus (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae). Journal of Parasitology, 86(5), 951–955.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
genus110
subgenus220
species1568769
subspecies412615