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Checklist for Order Phthiraptera Haeckel, 1896 (Sucking and biting lice)
and region Botswana (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
315
2340
4567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
313
2338
4562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
297
2276
4408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
56
200
345
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Phthiraptera
Haeckel, 1896
Sucking and biting lice
6
9
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Botswana
6 Families width 11 Species and 1 Subspecies
Philopteridae Burmeister, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Polyplacidae Fahrenholz, 1912Spiny rat lice2SpeciesTaxom
Haematopinidae Enderlein, 1904Ungulate lice1SpeciesTaxom
Hoplopleuridae Ewing, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910Bird lice3SpeciesTaxom
Trichodectidae Kellogg, 18961SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Botswana
9 Genera with 11 Species
Brueelia Kéler, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Eulinognathus Cummings, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Haematopinus Leach, 1958Ungulate lice1SpeciesTaxom
Hoplopleura Enderlein, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Myrsidea Waterston, 19822SpeciesTaxom
Nosopon Hopkins, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Polyplax Enderlein, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Procavicola Bedford, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Saemundssonia Timmermann, 18421SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Botswana
11 Species and 1 Subspecies
Brueelia semiscalaris Gustafsson, ..., 2019
Eulinognathus denticulatus Cummings, 1916
Haematopinus oryx Fiedler & St..., 1958
Hoplopleura capensis Werneck, 1954
Hoplopleura intermedia Kellogg & Fe..., 1915
Myrsidea bubalornithis Klockenhoff, 1984
Myrsidea eisentrauti Klockenhoff, 1982
Nosopon atyeoi Price & Emerson, 1984
Polyplax praomydis Bedford, 1929
Procavicola (Procavicola) pretoriensis Bedford, 1932
Saemundssonia platygaster platygaster Denny, 1842

Subnodes of Phthiraptera with occurrences in Botswana
SuborderAnoplura
Leach, 1815
Lice, Sucking lice
3
4
5
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Phthiraptera at artfakta.se
Phthiraptera at dyntaxa.se
Phthiraptera at irmng.org
Phthiraptera at marinespecies.org