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1 April 2005 A New Genus and New Species of Chewing Louse (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Lesser Melampitta (Aves: Passeriformes)
Roger D. Price, Ronald A. Hellenthal
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Abstract

The new genus Oculomenopon is described to include the single new species, O. melampittae, with the type host being the Lesser Melampitta, Melampitta lugubris (Passeriformes: Genera Incertae Sedis), from New Guinea.

Roger D. Price and Ronald A. Hellenthal "A New Genus and New Species of Chewing Louse (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Lesser Melampitta (Aves: Passeriformes)," Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 78(2), 167-171, (1 April 2005). https://doi.org/10.2317/0406.01.1
Accepted: 1 August 2004; Published: 1 April 2005
KEYWORDS
chewing lice
melampittas
Menoponidae
New Guinea
Oculomenopon
Phthiraptera
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