Species list, Checklist of Order Phthiraptera (Sucking and biting lice) for Vanuatu (Melanesia)

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Checklist of Order Phthiraptera Haeckel, 1896 (Sucking and biting lice)
for Vanuatu (Melanesia)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	205 827 1374	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	204 826 1373	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	200 819 1362	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Paraneoptera Martynov, 1923	48 152 214	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Phthiraptera Haeckel, 1896 Sucking and biting lice	3 4 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Vanuatu
3 Families width 4 Species

Trichodectidae Kellogg, 1896		1	Species	Taxom
Philopteridae Burmeister, 1830		2	Species	Taxom
Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910	Bird lice	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Vanuatu
4 Genera with 4 Species

Bovicola Ewing, 1843	1	Species	Taxom
Columbicola Ewing, 2006	1	Species	Taxom
Lipeurus Nitzsch, 1758	1	Species	Taxom
Menopon Nitzsch, 1758	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Vanuatu
4 Species

Bovicola (Bovicola) caprae Gurlt, 1843	Common goat biting louse
Columbicola malenkeae Bush & Price, 2006
Lipeurus caponis Linnaeus, 1758	Chicken wing louse
Menopon gallinae Linnaeus, 1758	Chicken shaft louse

Links, sources and further information

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