Thomomydoecus
A genus of Pocket Gopher Lice
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Page, D. M., Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R.A. (1995). Phylogeny of Geomydoecus and Thomomydoecus pocket gopher lice (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) infered from cladistic analysis of adult and first instar morphology. Systematic Entomology 20: 129-143.
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Rod Page
University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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- First online 07 March 1997
- Content changed 14 April 2009
Citing this page:
Page, Rod. 2009. Thomomydoecus http://tolweb.org/Thomomydoecus/13865/2009.04.14 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
. A genus of Pocket Gopher Lice. Version 14 April 2009 (under construction).