Species list, Checklist of Order Phthiraptera (Sucking and biting lice) for Lesotho (Southern Africa)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	288 1986 3848	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	287 1983 3844	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	273 1955 3809	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Paraneoptera Martynov, 1923	66 321 593	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Phthiraptera Haeckel, 1896 Sucking and biting lice	3 7 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Lesotho
3 Families width 8 Species

Philopteridae Burmeister, 1830		2	Species	Taxom
Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910	Bird lice	5	Species	Taxom
Laemobothriidae Mjöberg, 1910		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Lesotho
7 Genera with 8 Species

Ardeicola Clay, 1955		1	Species	Taxom
Colpocephalum Nitzsch, 1866		3	Species	Taxom
Laemobothrion Nitzsch, 1758		1	Species	Taxom
Menacanthus Neumann, 1912		0	Species	Taxom
Myrsidea Waterston, 1939		2	Species	Taxom
Philopterus Nitzsch, 1866		1	Species	Taxom
Plegadiphilus Bedford, 1939		0	Species	Taxom

Species list for Lesotho
8 Species

Ardeicola geronticorum Brinck, 1955
Colpocephalum clayellum Brinck, 1955
Colpocephalum fregili Denny, 1842
Colpocephalum semicinctum (Rudow, 1866)	⇒ Colpocephalum fregili Denny, 1842
Laemobothrion (Laemobothrion) tinnunculi Linnaeus, 1758
Myrsidea hopkinsi Bedford, 1939
Myrsidea subanaspila Bedford, 1939
Philopterus leptomelas Nitzsch, 1866

Links, sources and further information

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