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Polyplax  Enderlein, 1904
Taxonomic Serial No.: 186068

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderParaneoptera   
                               OrderPsocodea   
                                  SuborderAnoplura Leach, 1815 – sucking lice  
                                     FamilyPolyplacidae Fahrenholz, 1912  
                                        GenusPolyplax Enderlein, 1904  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Polyplax abyssinica Ferris, 1923  
                                           Species Polyplax acomydis Kim and Emerson, 1970  
                                           Species Polyplax alaskensis Ewing, 1927  
                                           Species Polyplax antennata Smetana, 1960  
                                           Species Polyplax arvicanthis Bedford, 1919  
                                           Species Polyplax asiatica Ferris, 1923  
                                           Species Polyplax auricularis Kellogg and Ferris, 1915  
                                           Species Polyplax biseriata Ferris, 1923  
                                           Species Polyplax blanfordi Mishra and Dhanda, 1972  
                                           Species Polyplax borealis Ferris, 1933  
                                           Species Polyplax brachyrrhyncha Cummings, 1915  
                                           Species Polyplax brachyuromyis Kim and Emerson, 1974  
                                           Species Polyplax bullimae Johnson, 1958  
                                           Species Polyplax bureschi Touleshkov, 1957  
                                           Species Polyplax calomysci Kim and Emerson, 1971  
                                           Species Polyplax caluri Johnson, 1960  
                                           Species Polyplax cannomydis Johnson, 1959  
                                           Species Polyplax chinensis Ferris, 1923  
                                           Species Polyplax cummingsi Ferris, 1916  
                                           Species Polyplax cutchicus Mishra and Kaul, 1973  
                                           Species Polyplax dacnomydis Chin, 1990  
                                           Species Polyplax dentaticornis Ewing, 1935  
                                           Species Polyplax deomydis Benoit, 1965  
                                           Species Polyplax dolichura Johnson, 1962  
                                           Species Polyplax ellobii (Sosnina, 1955)  
                                           Species Polyplax eropepli (Ewing, 1935)  
                                           Species Polyplax expressa Johnson, 1964  
                                           Species Polyplax gerbilli Ferris, 1923  
                                           Species Polyplax gracilis Fahrenholz, 1910  
                                           Species Polyplax grammomydis Werneck, 1953  
                                           Species Polyplax guatemalensis Durden and Eckerlin, 2001  
                                           Species Polyplax hannswrangeli Eichler, 1952  
                                           Species Polyplax hoogstraali Johnson, 1960  
                                           Species Polyplax hopkinsi Paterson and Thompson, 1953  
                                           Species Polyplax humae Khan and Khan, 1985  
                                           Species Polyplax hurrianicus Mishra, 1981  
                                           Species Polyplax indica Mishra and Kulkami, 1974  
                                           Species Polyplax insulsa Ferris, 1923  
                                           Species Polyplax jonesi Kellogg and Ferris, 1915  
                                           Species Polyplax kaiseri Johnson, 1960  
                                           Species Polyplax kondana Mishra, 1981  
                                           Species Polyplax melasmothrixi Durden and Musser, 1992  
                                           Species Polyplax meridionalis Johnson, 1962  
                                           Species Polyplax myotomydis Johnson, 1960  
                                           Species Polyplax nesomydis Paulian, 1961  
                                           Species Polyplax opimi Sosnina, 1979  
                                           Species Polyplax otomydis Cummings, 1912  
                                           Species Polyplax oxyrrhyncha Cummings, 1915  
                                           Species Polyplax paradoxa Johnson, 1960  
                                           Species Polyplax parataterae Kim and Emerson, 1973  
                                           Species Polyplax phloemydis Cuy, 1982  
                                           Species Polyplax phthisica Ferris, 1923  
                                           Species Polyplax plesia Johnson, 1960  
                                           Species Polyplax praecisa (Neumann, 1902)  
                                           Species Polyplax praomydis Bedford, 1929  
                                           Species Polyplax pricei Kim, 1968  
                                           Species Polyplax qiuae Chin, 1993  
                                           Species Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch, 1864)  
                                           Species Polyplax rhizomydis Johnson, 1972  
                                           Species Polyplax roseinnesi Paterson and Thompson, 1953  
                                           Species Polyplax serrata (Burmeister, 1839)  
                                           Species Polyplax sindensis Shafi, Samad and Rehana, 1984  
                                           Species Polyplax smallwoodae Johnson, 1960  
                                           Species Polyplax solivaga Johnson, 1962  
                                           Species Polyplax spinigera (Burmeister, 1839)  
                                           Species Polyplax spinulosa (Burmeister, 1839)  
                                           Species Polyplax steatomydis Pajot, 1967  
                                           Species Polyplax stephensi (Christophers and Newstead, 1906)  
                                           Species Polyplax subtaterae Bedford, 1936  
                                           Species Polyplax tarsomydis Ewing, 1935  
                                           Species Polyplax taterae Ferris, 1923  
                                           Species Polyplax thamnomydis Pajot, 1966  
                                           Species Polyplax vacillata Johnson, 1960  
                                           Species Polyplax vicina Blagoveshtchensky, 1972  
                                           Species Polyplax visenda Blagoveshtchensky, 1972  
                                           Species Polyplax wallacei Durden, 1987  
                                           Species Polyplax waterstoni Bedford, 1919  
                                           Species Polyplax werneri (Glinkiewicz, 1907)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Lance A. Durden  
  Notes: Associate Professor and Associate Curator, Institute of Arthropodology & Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, USA   
  Reference for: Polyplax    
       
  Expert: Vincent S. Smith  
  Notes: Wellcome Trust Junior Research Fellow, Graham Kerr Building, DEEB, IBLS, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ. UK   
  Reference for: Polyplax    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Mammal LouseBASE, database (version 05-Feb-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://r4-page.zoology.gla.ac.uk/MammalLouseBase/   
  Reference for: Polyplax   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Polyplax   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Durden, Lance A., and Guy G. Musser  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title: The sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) of the world: a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographical distributions   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 218   
  Page(s): 90   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0003-0090   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Polyplax   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Original description/citation, per Durden & Musser (1994): 'Zool. Anz. 28: 142'  
 

 

    

 
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