The parasitic louse genus Myrsidea (Amblycera: Menoponidae): a comprehensive review and world checklist

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixae007" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixae007</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixae007" target="_blank" >10.1093/isd/ixae007</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The parasitic louse genus Myrsidea (Amblycera: Menoponidae): a comprehensive review and world checklist

Original language description

Myrsidea Waterston, 1915 (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) is the most diverse genus of avian chewing lice. Myrsidea has a global distribution, is thought to be highly host-specific, and parasitizes mostly passerine birds. However, the rate of taxonomic studies describing new species is relatively low, and it is thought that much of the diversity of Myrsidea is yet to be discovered. This low rate of taxonomic description for this genus, and many others, may be related to the time-consuming nature of morphological species description and a lack of expertise in louse taxonomy. Furthermore, most of the taxonomic revisions and reviews have focused on specific host families, and no comprehensive review of the morphology and molecular work of Myrsidea has been completed in the last 20 years. Here, we review the taxonomy and systematics of Myrsidea to (i) describe this chewing louse genus and its biological importance; (ii) describe current problems with its taxonomy; (iii) simplify and summarize morphological descriptions; (iv) summarize molecular data; and (v) provide a comprehensive checklist of the Myrsidea species, with all publications and localities of occurrence included. Together, we hope that this information will provide researchers with a single source of information on the genus Myrsidea, making it easier for work to proceed on its taxonomy, systematics, ecology, and evolution. Importantly, our work highlights important gaps in our knowledge of Myrsidea, providing guideposts on where future work on Myrsidea is needed.

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10616 - Entomology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Insect systematics and diversity

ISSN

2399-3421

e-ISSN

2399-3421

Volume of the periodical

8

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

60

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UT code for WoS article

001216438800001

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