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species Chelopistes meleagridis (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Distribution:
  •  All continents, except Antarctica
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (9):
  • Linnaeus. 1758. Editio Decima, Reformata. Impensis Direct, L. Salvii, Holmiae. I:613 >> Pediculus meleagridis    urn:lsid:Psocodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:475653
  • Schrank. 1781. Enumeratio insectorum Austriae indigenorum 504 >> Pediculus meleagridis
  • Harrison, L. 1916. Parasitology 9(1):16, 77   >> Pediculus meleagridis
  • Clay, T. 1941. Parasitology 33:120-124 >> Note: Transferred to Virgula. Neotype designated. >> Virgula meleagridis    urn:lsid:Psocodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:509865
  • Clay, T. & G. H. E. Hopkins. 1950. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Entomology 1(3):262 >> Chelopistes meleagridis    urn:lsid:Psocodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:475654
  • Blagoveshtchensky. 1959. Fauna SSSR, Inst. Zool. Acad. Nauk. SSSR (N. S.) 72:65 >> Chelopistes meleagridis
  • Rékási. 1993. Aquila 100:79   >> Chelopistes meleagridis
  • Palma, R. L. 2017. Fauna of New Zealand 76:104   >> Chelopistes meleagridis
  • Minaya, Príncipe & Iannacone. 2021. Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica 19:26 >> Chelopistes meleagridis
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Europe, Southeastern Europe, Romania
  • Kind of type:  neotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  NHMUK London

• synonym gallipavonis (Geoffroy, 1762)
• synonym stylifer (Nitzsch, 1818)
• synonym styliferum (Taschenberg, 1882)

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