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Checklist for Order Phthiraptera Haeckel, 1896 (Sucking and biting lice)
and region Cameroon (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
408
5716
17992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
90
612
1005
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Phthiraptera
Haeckel, 1896
Sucking and biting lice
8
17
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cameroon
8 Families width 22 Species and 2 Subspecies
Trichodectidae Kellogg, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Philopteridae Burmeister, 18303SpeciesTaxom
Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910Bird lice2SpeciesTaxom
Haematopinidae Enderlein, 1904Ungulate lice3SpeciesTaxom
Hoplopleuridae Ewing, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Polyplacidae Fahrenholz, 1912Spiny rat lice5SpeciesTaxom
Linognathidae Webb, 19464SpeciesTaxom
Pediculidae (Leach, 1817)1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cameroon
17 Genera with 22 Species
Bovicola Ewing, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Brueelia Kéler, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Bucerocophorus Elbel, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Chapinia Ewing, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Dennyus Neumann, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Felicola Ewing, 01SpeciesTaxom
Haematopinus Leach, 1758Ungulate lice3SpeciesTaxom
Hoplopleura Enderlein, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Johnsonpthirus Benoit, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Lemurphthirus Bedford, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Linognathus Enderlein, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Otidoecus Bedford, 1931
0SpeciesTaxom
Oxylipeurus Mjöberg, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Pediculus Linnaeus, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Polyplax Enderlein, 18392SpeciesTaxom
Proenderleinellus Ewing, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Prolinognathus Ewing, 19951SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameroon
22 Species and 2 Subspecies
Bovicola (Bovicola) ovis Schrank, 1781Louse
Brueelia sima Gustafsson, ..., 2019
Bucerocophorus watsoni Elbel, 1976
Chapinia fasciati Elbel, 1967
Dennyus (Dennyus) hirundinis Linnaeus, 1761
Felicola rodentestris
Haematopinus eurysternus Nitzsch, 1818Short Nosed Sucking Louse
Haematopinus quadripertusus Fahrenholz, 1916Cattle tail louse
Haematopinus suis Linnaeus, 1758Hog louse
Hoplopleura inexpectans Johnson, 1960
Hoplopleura intermedia Kellogg & Fe..., 1915
Johnsonpthirus keniae Ferris, 1923
Lemurphthirus galagus Bedford, 1927
Linognathus breviceps Piaget, 1885
Linognathus setosus von Olfers, 1816Dog Sucking Louse
Linognathus stenopsis Burmeister, 1838Common goat louse
Oxylipeurus gutterae Tendeiro, 1965
Pediculus humanus Linnaeus, 1758Body louse
Pediculus humanus capitis (De Geer, 1778)⇒ Pediculus humanus Linnaeus, 1758
Pediculus humanus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Pediculus humanus Linnaeus, 1758
Polyplax abyssinica Ferris, 1923
Polyplax spinulosa Burmeister, 1839Rat louse
Proenderleinellus calva Waterston, 1917
Prolinognathus marouaensis Pajot, 1995

Subnodes of Phthiraptera with occurrences in Cameroon
SuborderAnoplura
Leach, 1815
Lice, Sucking lice
5
9
15
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