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| image         = Strigiphilus garylarsoni Clayton 1990 NHMUK010693502 zoom 1.jpg
| image_caption = [[Holotype]] ♂; [[paratype]] ♀.
| taxon         = Strigiphilus garylarsoni
| authority     = [[Dale H. Clayton|Clayton]], 1990<ref name="Clayton, 1990" /><ref name="Phthiraptera.info" />
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'''''Strigiphilus garylarsoni''''' is a species of [[Ischnocera|chewing louse]] found only on [[owl]]s. The species was first [[Alpha taxonomy|described]] by biologist [[Dale H. Clayton]] in 1990, who named it after cartoonist [[Gary Larson]].

Its [[type host]] is the [[Northern white-faced owl]] (''Ptilopsis leucotis'').<ref name="Clayton, 1990"/> The [[type location (biology)|type location]] is [[Ndola]], [[Zambia]].<ref name="Clayton, 1990" />

==Etymology==
It was named after [[Gary Larson]], creator of the syndicated cartoon ''[[The Far Side]].'' In a letter to Larson, Clayton praised the cartoonist for "the enormous contribution that my colleagues and I feel you have made to biology through your cartoons." In his 1989 book ''[[The Prehistory of the Far Side]]'', Larson stated, "I considered this an extreme honor. Besides, I knew no one was going to write and ask to name a new species of swan after me. You have to grab these opportunities when they come along."<ref>{{cite book |last=Larson |first=Gary |author-link=Gary Larson |title=The Prehistory of the Far Side |year=1989 |publisher=Andrews and McMeel |isbn=978-0-8362-1851-0 |title-link=The Prehistory of the Far Side }}</ref> Clayton wrote he honored Larson "in appreciation of the unique light he has shed on the workings of nature."<ref name="Clayton, 1990" />

== See also ==
* [[List of organisms named after famous people (born 1950–present)]]
* ''[[Serratoterga larsoni]]''
* [[Thagomizer]]

== References ==
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<ref name="Clayton, 1990">{{cite journal|last1=Clayton|first1=Dale H.|title=Host Specificity of Strigiphilus Owl Lice (Ischnocera: Philopteridae), with the Description of New Species and Host Associations|journal=Journal of Medical Entomology|date=1990|volume=27|issue=3|pages=258–260|doi=10.1093/jmedent/27.3.257|pmid=2332870 |url=http://darwin.biology.utah.edu/PDFs/10.pdf}}</ref>
<ref name="Phthiraptera.info">{{cite web|title=''Strigiphilus garylarsoni'' {{small|Clayton, D.H.}}|url=http://phthiraptera.info/category/chewing-lice/philopteridae/strigiphilus/strigiphilus-garylarsoni|website=Phthiraptera.info|access-date=1 October 2017}}</ref>
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==Further reading==
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* {{cite book |last1=Heard |first1=Stephen B. |title=Charles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider: How Scientific Names Celebrate Adventurers, Heroes, and Even a Few Scoundrels |date=2020 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |pages=31–38 |chapter=Gary Larson's Louse |doi=10.12987/9780300252699-006 |isbn=9780300252699 |s2cid=246138310 |ref=none}}
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== External links ==
{{Wikispecies|Strigiphilus garylarsoni}}
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* {{cite news |last1=Potter |first1=Lisa |title=The Far Side of Science |url=https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/the-far-side-of-science/ |work=@theU |publisher=The University of Utah |date=August 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123114321/https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/the-far-side-of-science/ |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |ref=none}}
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[[Category:Insects described in 1990]]
[[Category:The Far Side]]
[[Category:Lice]]
[[Category:Parasites of birds]]
[[Category:Insects of Zambia]]


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