''Myrsidea'' is a genus of
lice
Louse (: lice) is the common name for any member of the infraorder Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless parasitic insects. Phthiraptera was previously recognized as an order, until a 2021 genetic study determined th ...
belonging to the family
Menoponidae.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species
Selected species:
* ''
Myrsidea abhorrens''
(Zlotorzycka, 1964)
* ''
Myrsidea abidae''
Ansari, 1956
* ''
Myrsidea rustica''
(Giebel, 1874)
* ''
Myrsidea victrix''
Waterston, 1915
References
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Lice
Insect genera