Species list, Checklist of Order Phthiraptera (Sucking and biting lice) for Nicaragua (Central America)

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 Nicaragua (Central America)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	424 4260 8007	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	423 4259 8007	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	403 4172 7847	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Paraneoptera Martynov, 1923	80 502 775	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Phthiraptera Haeckel, 1896 Sucking and biting lice	5 8 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Nicaragua
5 Families width 9 Species and 1 Subspecies

Philopteridae Burmeister, 1830		3	Species	Taxom
Polyplacidae Fahrenholz, 1912	Spiny rat lice	1	Species	Taxom
Gyropidae Kellogg, 1896		3	Species	Taxom
Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910	Bird lice	1	Species	Taxom
Pediculidae Leach, 1817		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Nicaragua
8 Genera with 9 Species

Alcedoffula Clay & Meine..., 1959		1	Species	Taxom
Fahrenholzia Kellogg and ..., 1962		1	Species	Taxom
Gyropus Nitzsch, 1969		1	Species	Taxom
Lipeurus Nitzsch, 1882		1	Species	Taxom
Macrogyropus Ewing, 1869		2	Species	Taxom
Megapeostus Carriker, 1936		1	Species	Taxom
Menacanthus Neumann, 0		1	Species	Taxom
Pediculus Linnaeus, 1916		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Nicaragua
9 Species and 1 Subspecies

Alcedoffula chocoana Carriker, 1959
Fahrenholzia fairchildi Johnson, 1962	California dipperclam
Gyropus mesoamericanus Mendez, 1969
Lipeurus eurycnemis Taschenberg, 1882
Macrogyropus dentatus (Ewing, 1924)	⇒ Macrogyropus dicotylis Macalister, 1869
Macrogyropus dicotylis Macalister, 1869
Megapeostus heterurus Carriker, 1936
Menacanthus eurysternus eurysternus
Pediculus mjobergi Ferris, 1916

Subnodes of Phthiraptera with occurrences in Nicaragua

Suborder

Anoplura
Leach, 1815
Lice, Sucking lice

2
2
2

Families
Genera
Species

Links, sources and further information

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