| Ricinus | |
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| Head of Ricinus vaderi | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Family: | Ricinidae |
| Genus: | Ricinus |
| Species: | R. vaderi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ricinus vaderi Valan, 2016
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Ricinus vaderi is a species of chewing lice which parasitises the calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra) in Azerbaijan. [1] It is a member of Ricinus, the largest genus of chewing lice found parasitizing Passeriformes. [2]
The species name is derived from Darth Vader, a fictional character in the Star Wars series. According to Miroslav Valan, Oldrich Sychra and Ivan Literak, [1] the first author's fiancée noticed a similarity between the head of the R. vaderi and Darth Vader's helmet.
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a
b Valan, Miroslav; Sychra, Oldrich; Literak, Ivan (2016).
"Chewing lice of genus Ricinus (Phthiraptera, Ricinidae) deposited at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia, with description of a new species". Parasite. 23: 7.
doi:
10.1051/parasite/2016007.
ISSN
1776-1042.
PMC
4763114.
PMID
26902646.
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^ Bernard C. Nelson (1972): A Revision of the New World Species of Ricinus (Mallophaga). Occurring on Passeriformes (Aves), University of California Publications in Entomology Volume 68, University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles,
ISBN
0-520-09412-3
PDF
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| Ricinus | |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Head of Ricinus vaderi | |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Family: | Ricinidae |
| Genus: | Ricinus |
| Species: | R. vaderi
|
| Binomial name | |
| Ricinus vaderi Valan, 2016
| |
Ricinus vaderi is a species of chewing lice which parasitises the calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra) in Azerbaijan. [1] It is a member of Ricinus, the largest genus of chewing lice found parasitizing Passeriformes. [2]
The species name is derived from Darth Vader, a fictional character in the Star Wars series. According to Miroslav Valan, Oldrich Sychra and Ivan Literak, [1] the first author's fiancée noticed a similarity between the head of the R. vaderi and Darth Vader's helmet.
- ^
a
b Valan, Miroslav; Sychra, Oldrich; Literak, Ivan (2016).
"Chewing lice of genus Ricinus (Phthiraptera, Ricinidae) deposited at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia, with description of a new species". Parasite. 23: 7.
doi:
10.1051/parasite/2016007.
ISSN
1776-1042.
PMC
4763114.
PMID
26902646.
-
^ Bernard C. Nelson (1972): A Revision of the New World Species of Ricinus (Mallophaga). Occurring on Passeriformes (Aves), University of California Publications in Entomology Volume 68, University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles,
ISBN
0-520-09412-3
PDF
Archived 2016-02-08 at the
Wayback Machine
|
| This Louse related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |