Acidoproctus
| Acidoproctus | |
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| Acidoproctus kelloggi paratype | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Infraorder: | Phthiraptera |
| Family: | Philopteridae |
| Genus: | Acidoproctus Piaget, 1878[1] |
| Type species | |
| Acidoproctus marginatus Piaget (= A. rostratus), by subsequent designation
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Acidoproctus is a genus of lice, in the family Philopteridae.[3] They are known to be distributed across Asia and Australasia. There are two species in New Zealand.
Taxonomy
Acidoproctus was erected by Édouard Piaget in 1878. The type species is Acidoproctus rostratus (Rudow, 1866b).
The genus contains at least the species:
- Acidoproctus rostratus (Rudow, 1866b).
- Acidoproctus emersoni Timmermann, 1962. hosts: Dendrocygna species.
- Acidoproctus gottwaldhirschi Eichler, 1958. host: blue duck. Endemic to New Zealand.
References
- ^ M.E. Piaget. 1878. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 21:178 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10847114#page/278/mode/1up
- ^ a b "Genus Acidoproctus Piaget, 1878: Psocodea Species File".
- ^ Ricardo L. Palma (30 September 2017). "Phthiraptera (Insecta) : a catalogue of parasitic lice from New Zealand" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 76. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.76. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q44867295. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2021.