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Taxonomy
Phthiraptera was named by Haeckel (1896). It is extant.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Phthiraptera by Johnson et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Nanopsocetae by Johnson et al. (2004); and to Hemineoptera by Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence (2004).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Phthiraptera by Johnson et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Nanopsocetae by Johnson et al. (2004); and to Hemineoptera by Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence (2004).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1896 | Phthiraptera Haeckel |
| 2004 | Phthiraptera Johnson et al. |
| 2004 | Phthiraptera Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Unr. Phthiraptera Haeckel 1896 [parasitic louse]
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Superfm. Amblycera Kellogg 1896
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Fm. †Archimenoponidae Zhang et al. 2024
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Fm. Menoponidae Mjoberg 1910 [bird louse]
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Invalid names: Anoplura Leach 1815 [empty], Ischnocera Kellogg 1896 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 99.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Archimenopon myanmarensis (178121) | |
| MP 13 | Germany (Eifel) | Megamenopon rasnitsyni (135640) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Colorado) | Phthiraptera indet. (169336) |