Species list, Checklist of Order Phthiraptera (Sucking and biting lice) for Jamaica (Greater Antilles)

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Checklist for Order Phthiraptera Haeckel, 1896 (Sucking and biting lice)
and region Jamaica (Greater Antilles)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	365 2609 4525	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	364 2608 4523	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	351 2557 4450	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Paraneoptera Martynov, 1923	88 480 824	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Phthiraptera Haeckel, 1896 Sucking and biting lice	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Jamaica
2 Families width 3 Species and 1 Subspecies

Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910	Bird lice	2	Species	Taxom
Philopteridae Burmeister, 1830		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Jamaica
2 Genera with 3 Species

Myrsidea Waterston, 2006		2	Species	Taxom
Saemundssonia Timmermann, 1842		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Jamaica
3 Species and 1 Subspecies

Myrsidea suttoni Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea zenae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Saemundssonia platygaster platygaster Denny, 1842

Links, sources and further information

Phthiraptera at artfakta.se
Phthiraptera at dyntaxa.se
Phthiraptera at irmng.org
Phthiraptera at marinespecies.org