Melophagus ovinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Details

Name scientific

Melophagus ovinus (Linnaeus, 1758: 607)

Preferred name

Melophagus ovinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy reference

Macfarlane, R. P.; Maddison, P. A.; Andrew, I. G.; Berry, J. A.; Johns, P. M.; Hoare, R. J. B.; Larivière, M.-C.; Greenslade, P.; Henderson, R. C.; Smithers, C. N.; Palma, R. L.; Ward, J. B.; Pilgrim, R. L. C.; Towns, D. R.; McLellan, I. D.; Teulon, D. A. J.; Hitchings, T. R.; Eastop, V. F.; Martin, N. A.; Fletcher, M. J.; Stufkens, M. A. W.; Dale, P. J.; Burckhardt, D.; Buckley, T. R.; Trewick, S. A. 2010: Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Checklist of New Zealand Hexapoda. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 2. 467-233.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Linnaeus

Authors

Linnaeus

Year published

1758

Publication page

607

Nomenclatural code

ICZN

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Melophagus ovinus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Hippoboscidae

Genus

Melophagus

Species

ovinus

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

sheep ked

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Melophagus ovinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Melophagus ovinus (Linnaeus)

Macfarlane, R. P.; Maddison, P. A. et al. (2010)

Melophagus ovinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scott, R.R.; Emberson, R.M. (1999)

Historic biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Metadata

Record id

849edf1b-5a04-41ba-b806-6994006db70e

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_NZAC

Date added

8 March 2011

Date last updated

15 April 2013

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