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Polyplax Enderlein, 1904
Taxonomic Serial No.: 186068

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2004

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Paraneoptera
	Order	Psocodea
	Suborder	Anoplura Leach, 1815 – sucking lice
	Family	Polyplacidae Fahrenholz, 1912
	Genus	Polyplax Enderlein, 1904
		Direct Children:
	Species	Polyplax abyssinica Ferris, 1923
	Species	Polyplax acomydis Kim and Emerson, 1970
	Species	Polyplax alaskensis Ewing, 1927
	Species	Polyplax antennata Smetana, 1960
	Species	Polyplax arvicanthis Bedford, 1919
	Species	Polyplax asiatica Ferris, 1923
	Species	Polyplax auricularis Kellogg and Ferris, 1915
	Species	Polyplax biseriata Ferris, 1923
	Species	Polyplax blanfordi Mishra and Dhanda, 1972
	Species	Polyplax borealis Ferris, 1933
	Species	Polyplax brachyrrhyncha Cummings, 1915
	Species	Polyplax brachyuromyis Kim and Emerson, 1974
	Species	Polyplax bullimae Johnson, 1958
	Species	Polyplax bureschi Touleshkov, 1957
	Species	Polyplax calomysci Kim and Emerson, 1971
	Species	Polyplax caluri Johnson, 1960
	Species	Polyplax cannomydis Johnson, 1959
	Species	Polyplax chinensis Ferris, 1923
	Species	Polyplax cummingsi Ferris, 1916
	Species	Polyplax cutchicus Mishra and Kaul, 1973
	Species	Polyplax dacnomydis Chin, 1990
	Species	Polyplax dentaticornis Ewing, 1935
	Species	Polyplax deomydis Benoit, 1965
	Species	Polyplax dolichura Johnson, 1962
	Species	Polyplax ellobii (Sosnina, 1955)
	Species	Polyplax eropepli (Ewing, 1935)
	Species	Polyplax expressa Johnson, 1964
	Species	Polyplax gerbilli Ferris, 1923
	Species	Polyplax gracilis Fahrenholz, 1910
	Species	Polyplax grammomydis Werneck, 1953
	Species	Polyplax guatemalensis Durden and Eckerlin, 2001
	Species	Polyplax hannswrangeli Eichler, 1952
	Species	Polyplax hoogstraali Johnson, 1960
	Species	Polyplax hopkinsi Paterson and Thompson, 1953
	Species	Polyplax humae Khan and Khan, 1985
	Species	Polyplax hurrianicus Mishra, 1981
	Species	Polyplax indica Mishra and Kulkami, 1974
	Species	Polyplax insulsa Ferris, 1923
	Species	Polyplax jonesi Kellogg and Ferris, 1915
	Species	Polyplax kaiseri Johnson, 1960
	Species	Polyplax kondana Mishra, 1981
	Species	Polyplax melasmothrixi Durden and Musser, 1992
	Species	Polyplax meridionalis Johnson, 1962
	Species	Polyplax myotomydis Johnson, 1960
	Species	Polyplax nesomydis Paulian, 1961
	Species	Polyplax opimi Sosnina, 1979
	Species	Polyplax otomydis Cummings, 1912
	Species	Polyplax oxyrrhyncha Cummings, 1915
	Species	Polyplax paradoxa Johnson, 1960
	Species	Polyplax parataterae Kim and Emerson, 1973
	Species	Polyplax phloemydis Cuy, 1982
	Species	Polyplax phthisica Ferris, 1923
	Species	Polyplax plesia Johnson, 1960
	Species	Polyplax praecisa (Neumann, 1902)
	Species	Polyplax praomydis Bedford, 1929
	Species	Polyplax pricei Kim, 1968
	Species	Polyplax qiuae Chin, 1993
	Species	Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch, 1864)
	Species	Polyplax rhizomydis Johnson, 1972
	Species	Polyplax roseinnesi Paterson and Thompson, 1953
	Species	Polyplax serrata (Burmeister, 1839)
	Species	Polyplax sindensis Shafi, Samad and Rehana, 1984
	Species	Polyplax smallwoodae Johnson, 1960
	Species	Polyplax solivaga Johnson, 1962
	Species	Polyplax spinigera (Burmeister, 1839)
	Species	Polyplax spinulosa (Burmeister, 1839)
	Species	Polyplax steatomydis Pajot, 1967
	Species	Polyplax stephensi (Christophers and Newstead, 1906)
	Species	Polyplax subtaterae Bedford, 1936
	Species	Polyplax tarsomydis Ewing, 1935
	Species	Polyplax taterae Ferris, 1923
	Species	Polyplax thamnomydis Pajot, 1966
	Species	Polyplax vacillata Johnson, 1960
	Species	Polyplax vicina Blagoveshtchensky, 1972
	Species	Polyplax visenda Blagoveshtchensky, 1972
	Species	Polyplax wallacei Durden, 1987
	Species	Polyplax waterstoni Bedford, 1919
	Species	Polyplax werneri (Glinkiewicz, 1907)

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Lance A. Durden
	Notes:	Associate Professor and Associate Curator, Institute of Arthropodology & Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, USA
	Reference for:	Polyplax

	Expert:	Vincent S. Smith
	Notes:	Wellcome Trust Junior Research Fellow, Graham Kerr Building, DEEB, IBLS, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ. UK
	Reference for:	Polyplax

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Mammal LouseBASE, database (version 05-Feb-03)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:	http://r4-page.zoology.gla.ac.uk/MammalLouseBase/
	Reference for:	Polyplax

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Polyplax

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Durden, Lance A., and Guy G. Musser
	Publication Date:	1994
	Article/Chapter Title:	The sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) of the world: a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographical distributions
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 218
	Page(s):	90
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0003-0090
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Polyplax

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	Original description/citation, per Durden & Musser (1994): 'Zool. Anz. 28: 142'

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