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Taxonomy of Order Phthiraptera Haeckel, 1896
Sucking and biting lice


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		4179
190570
2444470		Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		3816
189502
2439455		Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		3399
186457
2415487		Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 		Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
710
28641
240164		Families
Genera
Species

Order
 		Phthiraptera
Haeckel, 1896
Sucking and biting lice		32
867
12445		Families
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Phthiraptera Haeckel, 1896
GroupMallophaga
Nitzsch, 1818
Bird lice, Biting lice, Chewing Lice		11
692
10956		Families
Genera
Species
SuborderAnoplura
Leach, 1815
Lice, Sucking lice		18
163
1487		Families
Genera
Species
SuborderRhynchophthirina
Ferris, 1931
1
1
0		Family
Genus
Species
FamilyAbrocomophagidae
Emerson & Price, 1976
0
0		Genera
Species
FamilyPhocaphthiriidae
Ass, 1962
0
0		Genera
Species
GenusAllobruelia
Eichler, 1951
0Species
GenusBoricola
1Species
GenusCucuicola
Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1939
0Species
GenusCuculinenopon
Price & Emerson, 1975
0Species
GenusEpipelicanus
Harrison in Thomson, 1935
0Species
GenusHaemobarus
Nitzsch, 1855
0Species
GenusLorimenopogon
Price & Emerson, 1966
0Species
GenusMjöberginirmus
Eichler, 1944  ⇒ Mjoberginirmus
0Species
GenusPhilandria
Kellogg, 1914
0Species
GenusSaurodectes ♰
Rasnitsyn & Zherikhin, 1999
1Species
GenusTrinaton
Kolenati, 1846
0Species

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Phthiraptera
GermanTierläuse
EnglishSucking and biting lice
DutchBijtende en zuigende dierluizen, Dierluizen, Luizen, Parasitaire luizen
DanishLus
SwedishDjurlöss, Käklöss
FinnishTäit
FrenchPhthiraptères


Distribution and Species lists of Phthiraptera Haeckel, 1896
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Afghanistan
3 Families  8 Genera  14 SpeciesAlbania
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAlgeria
4 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesAngola
5 Families  18 Genera  28 SpeciesArgentina
15 Families  68 Genera  171 SpeciesAustralia
14 Families  142 Genera  563 SpeciesAustria
5 Families  8 Genera  8 SpeciesBahamas
2 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesBelgium
11 Families  27 Genera  34 SpeciesBenin
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesBhutan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBolivia
10 Families  77 Genera  205 SpeciesBotswana
6 Families  9 Genera  11 SpeciesBrazil
16 Families  77 Genera  210 SpeciesBulgaria
7 Families  18 Genera  18 SpeciesBurkina Faso
4 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesCambodia
4 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesCameroon
8 Families  17 Genera  22 SpeciesCanada
9 Families  43 Genera  62 SpeciesCape Verde
3 Families  6 Genera  7 SpeciesCentral African Republic
4 Families  10 Genera  23 SpeciesChad
4 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesChile
7 Families  20 Genera  27 SpeciesChina
10 Families  27 Genera  51 SpeciesColombia
11 Families  103 Genera  340 SpeciesCosta Rica
8 Families  67 Genera  202 SpeciesCroatia
4 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesCuba
8 Families  16 Genera  34 SpeciesCyprus
2 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesCzech Republic
7 Families  20 Genera  31 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
11 Families  19 Genera  37 SpeciesDenmark
10 Families  25 Genera  36 SpeciesDominican Republic
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesEast Timor
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesEcuador
13 Families  36 Genera  56 SpeciesEgypt
8 Families  15 Genera  32 SpeciesEl Salvador
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesEstonia
4 Families  7 Genera  8 SpeciesEthiopia
6 Families  12 Genera  14 SpeciesFiji
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesFinland
15 Families  78 Genera  308 SpeciesFrance
14 Families  48 Genera  70 SpeciesGabon
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesGambia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGeorgia
4 Families  4 Genera  7 SpeciesGermany
10 Families  43 Genera  59 SpeciesGhana
2 Families  3 Genera  8 SpeciesGreece
9 Families  10 Genera  10 SpeciesGuatemala
8 Families  23 Genera  26 SpeciesGuinea
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesGuinea-Bissau
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesGuyana
4 Families  9 Genera  7 SpeciesHonduras
5 Families  12 Genera  18 SpeciesHungary
5 Families  16 Genera  18 SpeciesIceland
3 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesIndia
12 Families  35 Genera  53 SpeciesIndonesia
9 Families  35 Genera  69 SpeciesIran
4 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesIreland
14 Families  60 Genera  122 SpeciesIsrael
6 Families  8 Genera  10 SpeciesItaly
13 Families  95 Genera  290 SpeciesIvory Coast
3 Families  4 Genera  9 SpeciesJamaica
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesJapan
9 Families  20 Genera  31 SpeciesKazakhstan
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesKenya
13 Families  33 Genera  50 SpeciesKyrgyzstan
4 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesLaos
5 Families  6 Genera  13 SpeciesLesotho
3 Families  7 Genera  8 SpeciesLiberia
4 Families  7 Genera  8 SpeciesLibya
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLithuania
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesLuxembourg
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMadagascar
6 Families  18 Genera  31 SpeciesMalawi
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesMalaysia
9 Families  34 Genera  65 SpeciesMalta
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMarshall Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMauritania
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesMauritius
1 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesMexico
14 Families  104 Genera  278 SpeciesMicronesia
3 Families  8 Genera  10 SpeciesMongolia
2 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesMontenegro
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMorocco
9 Families  19 Genera  23 SpeciesMozambique
6 Families  11 Genera  17 SpeciesMyanmar
6 Families  14 Genera  14 SpeciesNamibia
6 Families  10 Genera  14 SpeciesNepal
9 Families  20 Genera  23 SpeciesNetherlands
10 Families  24 Genera  28 SpeciesNew Zealand
13 Families  115 Genera  406 SpeciesNicaragua
5 Families  8 Genera  9 SpeciesNiger
2 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesNigeria
4 Families  7 Genera  12 SpeciesNorth Korea
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesNorway
15 Families  121 Genera  820 SpeciesPakistan
4 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesPalau
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPalestine
1 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesPanama
9 Families  36 Genera  70 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
4 Families  19 Genera  30 SpeciesParaguay
7 Families  21 Genera  44 SpeciesPeru
8 Families  64 Genera  156 SpeciesPhilippines
10 Families  43 Genera  74 SpeciesPoland
6 Families  25 Genera  29 SpeciesPortugal
8 Families  35 Genera  59 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
11 Families  38 Genera  76 SpeciesRomania
4 Families  11 Genera  12 SpeciesRussia
3 Families  8 Genera  9 SpeciesRwanda
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSaint Kitts and Nevis
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSamoa
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSão Tomé and Príncipe
2 Families  4 Genera  7 SpeciesSenegal
7 Families  15 Genera  24 SpeciesSerbia
2 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesSeychelles
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSierra Leone
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSingapore
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSlovakia
2 Families  7 Genera  11 SpeciesSlovenia
3 Families  6 Genera  6 SpeciesSolomon Islands
3 Families  9 Genera  13 SpeciesSomalia
2 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesSomaliland
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSouth Korea
5 Families  6 Genera  10 SpeciesSpain
7 Families  24 Genera  25 SpeciesSri Lanka
6 Families  7 Genera  9 SpeciesSudan
4 Families  5 Genera  12 SpeciesSuriname
4 Families  4 Genera  3 SpeciesSweden
16 Families  113 Genera  447 SpeciesSwitzerland
6 Families  10 Genera  11 SpeciesTaiwan
11 Families  31 Genera  51 SpeciesTajikistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTanzania
7 Families  15 Genera  21 SpeciesThailand
8 Families  58 Genera  121 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
4 Families  12 Genera  34 SpeciesTunisia
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesTurkey
8 Families  14 Genera  23 SpeciesUganda
11 Families  32 Genera  72 SpeciesUkraine
2 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
14 Families  68 Genera  109 SpeciesUruguay
4 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesUSA
18 Families  145 Genera  681 SpeciesVanuatu
3 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesVenezuela
14 Families  75 Genera  195 SpeciesVietnam
6 Families  9 Genera  10 SpeciesYemen
3 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesZambia
4 Families  7 Genera  9 SpeciesZimbabwe
4 Families  4 Genera  5 Species


Distribution on islands
Azores
2 Families  9 Genera  19 SpeciesBarat Daya Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIslands of Chile
3 Families  9 Genera  14 SpeciesMacaronesia
6 Families  22 Genera  37 SpeciesSouth Orkney Islands
2 Families  7 Genera  7 SpeciesSouth Shetland Islands
1 Families  10 Genera  18 SpeciesSouthern Line Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species


Found in fossile formations
Green River Formation
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species


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