Species "Rickettsia melophagi"

Name: "Rickettsia melophagi" Nöller 1917

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.lo’pha.gi. N.L. masc. n. Melophagus, a genus of wingless flies commonly called sheep keds; N.L. gen. masc. n. melophagi, of Melophagus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … me-LO-pha-gi, feminine

Nomenclatural type: no culture isolated

Original publication: Nöller W. Blut- und Insektenflagellaten Züchtung auf Platten. Archiv für Schiffs- und Tropenhygiene 1917; 21:53-94.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Wolbachia melophagi (Nöller 1917) Philip 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nöller W. Blut- und Insektenflagellaten Züchtung auf Platten. Archiv für Schiffs- und Tropenhygiene 1917; 21:53-94.

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Record number: 4265
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