Ivan Literak

Ivan Literak, Czech acarologist

Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackeho tr. 1, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Kounek, F., Sychra, O., Capek, M., Lipkova, A. & Literak, I. 2011. Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Cardinalidae, Emberizidae, Fringillidae and Thraupidae (Aves: Passeriformes) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 3032: 1–16. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3032.1.1 Reference page.
Kounek, F., Sychra, O., Capek, M. & Literak, I. 2011. Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from New World warblers (Passeriformes: Parulidae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 3137: 56–63. Preview PDF DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3137.1.4 Reference page.

Mironov, S., Literak, I., Hung, N.M. & Capek, M. 2012. New feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acari: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines and woodpeckers (Aves: Passeriformes and Piciformes) in Vietnam. Zootaxa 3440: 1–49. Preview PDF Reference page.
Najer, T., Sychra, O., Hung, N.M., Capek, M., Podzemny, P. & Literak, I. 2012. Chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from wild passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in northern Vietnam, with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 3530: 59–73. Preview PDF Reference page.

Kalúz, S., Hung, N.M., Capek, M. & Literak, I. 2016. Two new species and new records of chiggers (Acari: Leeuwenhoekiidae, Trombiculidae) from birds in Vietnam. Zootaxa 4061(5): 483–503. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.5.2. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Kolencik, S., Sychra, O., Valan, M. & Literak, I. 2016. New data on the taxonomy and distribution of ten Neotropical chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae), including the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4085(2): 233–247. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.2.4. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Valan, M., Sychra, O. & Literak, I. 2016. Redescriptions and new host records of chewing lice of the genus Ricinus (Phthiraptera: Ricinidae) from the Neotropical Region. Zootaxa 4154(2): 179–189. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.2.5. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Kolencik, S., Sychra, O., Papousek, I. & Literak, I. 2017. Where are the species limits? Morphology versus genetics in Neotropical chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae), with description of three new species. Zootaxa 4324(1): 161–179. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.9. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Mironov, S.V., Literak, I., Sychra, O. & Capek, M. 2017. Feather mites of the subfamily Proctophyllodinae (Acari: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Costa Rica. Zootaxa 4297(1): 1–105. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4297.1.1. Full article (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77670-182-7 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77670-183-4 (Online edition). Reference page.

Kolencik, S., Sychra, O., Papousek, I., Kuabara, K.M.D., Valim, M.P. & Literak, I. 2018. New species and additional data on the chewing louse genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from wild Neotropical Passeriformes (Aves). Zootaxa 4418(5): 401–431. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.5.1 Full article (PDF) Reference page.