NOMEN: Ischnocera Kellogg 1896: 376 [V.L. Kellogg. The Mallophaga. – Psyche, 1896, 7 (241): 375-379]
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Kellogg
1896): Trichodectidae + Philopteridae
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Philopterus/fg (incl. Trichodectes)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Philopteridae, Philopterides
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.
Systematic position and classification of Ischnocera:
| Parasita
Siphunculata Rhyncophthirina Mallophaga Amblycera Ischnocera |