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Checklist of Order Phthiraptera Haeckel, 1896 (Sucking and biting lice)
for Venezuela (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
514
6360
16212
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
512
6356
16208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
486
6227
15868
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
113
866
1726
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Phthiraptera
Haeckel, 1896
Sucking and biting lice
14
75
195
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Venezuela
14 Families width 195 Species and 2 Subspecies
Trimenoponidae Harrison, 19168SpeciesTaxom
Menoponidae (Mjöberg, 1910)Bird lice36SpeciesTaxom
Gyropidae Kellogg, 189610SpeciesTaxom
Philopteridae Burmeister, 183067SpeciesTaxom
Trichodectidae Kellogg, 18969SpeciesTaxom
Enderleinellidae Ewing, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Laemobothriidae (Mjöberg, 1910)4SpeciesTaxom
Polyplacidae Fahrenholz, 1912Spiny rat lice4SpeciesTaxom
Boopiidae Mjöberg, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Hoplopleuridae Ewing, 192923SpeciesTaxom
Hybophthiridae Ewing, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Pediculidae Leach, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Ricinidae (Neumann, 1890)28SpeciesTaxom
Heptapsogasteridae Carriker, 19361SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Venezuela
75 Genera with 195 Species
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E
F
G
H
K
L
M
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O
P
R
S
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Acanthomenopon Harrison, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Amyrsidea Ewing, 19505SpeciesTaxom
Aotiella Eichler, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Austrophilopterus Ewing, 19502SpeciesTaxom
Bizarrifrons Eichler, 19612SpeciesTaxom
Brueelia Kéler, 19639SpeciesTaxom
Chelopistes Kéler, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Chinchillophaga Emerson, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Clayiella Eichler, 19633SpeciesTaxom
Colpocephalum Nitzsch, 19023SpeciesTaxom
Conepaticola Lyal, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Cotingacola Carriker, 19563SpeciesTaxom
Cracimenopon Carriker, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Cuclotogaster Carriker, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Cummingsia Ferris, 19224SpeciesTaxom
Desumenopon Carriker, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Dicteisia Bedford, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Eiconolipeurus Carriker, 19452SpeciesTaxom
Enderleinellus Fahrenholz, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Epiara Carriker, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Eulaemobothrion Ewing, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Eureum Nitzsch, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Eutrichophilus Mjöberg, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Fahrenholzia Kellogg and ..., 19521SpeciesTaxom
Formicaphagus Carriker, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Formicaricola Carriker, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Furnaricola Carriker, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Geomydoecus Ewing, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Gliricola Mjöberg, 19756SpeciesTaxom
Gyropus Nitzsch, 19752SpeciesTaxom
Harrisonia Ferris, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Heptagoniodes Carriker, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Heptapsogaster Carriker, 19364SpeciesTaxom
Heterodoxus Le Souëf & B..., 19091SpeciesTaxom
Heterokodeia Carriker, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Hirundiniella Carriker, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Hoazineus Guimaraes, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Hoplopleura Enderlein, 193222SpeciesTaxom
Hybophthirus Enderlein, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Kelloggia Carriker, 19363SpeciesTaxom
Kurodaia Uchida, 01SpeciesTaxom
Laemobothrion Nitzsch, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Megaginus Carriker, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Megapeostus Carriker, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Menacanthus Neumann, 19463SpeciesTaxom
Myrsidea Waterston, 200614SpeciesTaxom
Neohaematopinus Mjöberg, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Neophilopterus Cummings, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Neotrichodectes Ewing, 19752SpeciesTaxom
Ornicholax Carriker, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Osborniella Thompson, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Oxylipeurus Mjöberg, 19305SpeciesTaxom
Pediculus Linnaeus, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Philopterus Nitzsch, 19635SpeciesTaxom
Physconelloides Ewing, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Picicola Clay & Meine..., 19791SpeciesTaxom
Picophilopterus Ansari, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Plegadiphilus Bedford, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Polyplax Enderlein, 18392SpeciesTaxom
Protogyropus Ewing, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocophorus Carriker, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolipeurus Carriker, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Psittacobrosus Carriker, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Pterophthirus Ewing, 19723SpeciesTaxom
Rallicola Johnston & H..., 19441SpeciesTaxom
Ricinus De Geer, 196428SpeciesTaxom
Saemundssonia Timmermann, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Sturnidoecus Eichler, 19553SpeciesTaxom
Traihoriella Ansari, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Trichodectes Nitzsch, 19442SpeciesTaxom
Trichodomedea Carriker, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Trogoninirmus Eichler, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Trogononirmus1SpeciesTaxom
Tyranniphilopterus Mey, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Werneckodectes Conci, 19441SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Venezuela
195 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acanthomenopon gardneri Price & Emerson, 1986
Acanthomenopon peramydis Ferris, 1922
Amyrsidea (Amyrsidea) ventralis Nitzsch, 1866
Amyrsidea (Cracimenopon) steineri (Price & Emerson, 1986)⇒ Cracimenopon steineri Price & Emerson, 1986
Amyrsidea (Desumenopon) praegracilis (Carriker, 1950)⇒ Desumenopon praegracilis Carriker, 1950
Amyrsidea spinigaster (Carriker, 1950)⇒ Cracimenopon pauxis Carriker, 1950
Aotiella hershkovitzi Price & Timm, 1995
Austrophilopterus megathorax Carriker, 1950
Austrophilopterus minutus Carriker, 1950
Bizarrifrons juruani Carriker & D..., 1961
Bizarrifrons picturatus Carriker & D..., 1961
Brueelia albiventris Carriker, 1963
Brueelia carrikeri Ansari, 1955
Brueelia hopkinsi Ansari, 1956
Brueelia neotropicalis Carriker, 1963
Brueelia niquitaoi Carriker, 1963
Brueelia nitzschi Kéler, 1938
Brueelia sallei Carriker, 1963
Brueelia violacea Carriker, 1963
Brueelia yncas (Carriker, 1963)⇒ Brueelia hopkinsi Ansari, 1956
Chelopistes longisetosus Carriker, 1945
Chinchillophaga clayae Emerson, 1964
Clayiella cotingae (Carriker, 1963)⇒ Philopterus cotingae Carriker, 1963
Clayiella festivus (Carriker, 1963)⇒ Philopterus festivus Carriker, 1963
Clayiella spinosus (Carriker, 1963)⇒ Philopterus spinosus Carriker, 1963
Colpocephalum crotophagae (Stafford, 1943)⇒ Osborniella crotophagae Stafford, 1943
Colpocephalum ictiniae (Carriker, 1963)⇒ Colpocephalum pectinatum Osborn, 1902
Colpocephalum pectinatum Osborn, 1902
Conepaticola semistriatus Emerson & Price, 1975
Cotingacola graciligastra (Carriker, 1956)⇒ Cotingacola tergalis Carriker, 1956
Cotingacola meridae Carriker, 1956
Cotingacola tergalis Carriker, 1956
Cracimenopon pauxis Carriker, 1950
Cracimenopon steineri Price & Emerson, 1986
Cuclotogaster heterographus Nitzsch, 1866Chicken head louse
Cuclotogaster laticorpus (Carriker, 1936)⇒ Cuclotogaster heterographus Nitzsch, 1866
Cummingsia (Cummingsia) micheneri Timm & Price, 1989
Cummingsia gardneri (Price & Emerson, 1986)⇒ Acanthomenopon gardneri Price & Emerson, 1986
Cummingsia garneri Price, R.D. ..., 1986
Cummingsia peramydis (Ferris, 1922)⇒ Acanthomenopon peramydis Ferris, 1922
Desumenopon praegracilis Carriker, 1950
Dicteisia gracilis Carriker, 1949
Eiconolipeurus repandus (Carriker, 1945)⇒ Oxylipeurus volsellus Ewing, 1930
Eiconolipeurus venezuelanus (Carriker, 1945)⇒ Oxylipeurus venezuelanus Carriker, 1945
Enderleinellus insularis Werneck, 1948
Enderleinellus venezuelae Ferris, 1920
Epiara dimorpha Carriker, 1954
Eulaemobothrion jabiruensis Carriker, 1963
Eulaemobothrion opisthocomi Cummings, 1913
Eureum yepezi Carriker, 1958
Eutrichophilus comitans Werneck, 1950
Eutrichophilus lobatus Ewing, 1936
Fahrenholzia schwartzi Werneck, 1952
Formicaphagus minutus Carriker, 1957
Formicaricola analoides Carriker, 1957
Formicaricola colmae (Carriker, 1957)⇒ Formicaricola analoides Carriker, 1957
Furnaricola laticephala (Carriker, 1944)⇒ Rallicola laticephala Carriker, 1944
Furnaricola mirandae (Carriker, 1963)⇒ Rallicola laticephala Carriker, 1944
Geomydoecus (Geomydoecus) yucatanensis Price & Emerson, 1971
Gliricola (Gliricola) columbanus Werneck, 1944
Gliricola (Gliricola) handleyi Emerson & Price, 1975
Gliricola (Gliricola) mendezi Emerson & Price, 1975
Gliricola (Gliricola) tiptoni Emerson & Price, 1975
Gliricola (Gliricola) venezuelanus Emerson & Price, 1975
Gliricola (Gliricola) wenzeli Emerson & Price, 1975
Gyropus parasetosus Werneck, 1935
Gyropus wernecki Emerson & Price, 1975
Harrisonia uncinata Ferris, 1922
Heptagoniodes mirabilis (Carriker, 1936)⇒ Kelloggia mirabilis Carriker, 1936
Heptapsogaster inexpectatus (Eichler, 1942)⇒ Heptapsogaster insperatus Hopkins, 1950
Heptapsogaster insperatus Hopkins, 1950
Heptapsogaster keleri Guimaraes, 1942
Heptapsogaster platycephalus (Carriker, 1936)⇒ Megapeostus platycephalus Carriker, 1936
Heterodoxus spiniger Enderlein, 1909Dog louse
Heterokodeia spinosa Carriker, 1954
Hirundiniella albiventris (Carriker, 1963)⇒ Brueelia albiventris Carriker, 1963
Hirundiniella neotropicalis (Carriker, 1963)⇒ Brueelia neotropicalis Carriker, 1963
Hoazineus armiferus Guimaraes, 1940
Hoplopleura abeli Johnson, 1972
Hoplopleura aitkeni Johnson, 1972
Hoplopleura angulata Ferris, 1921
Hoplopleura arizonensis Stojanovich ..., 1961
Hoplopleura contigua Johnson, 1972
Hoplopleura contiqua
Hoplopleura exima Johnson, 1972
Hoplopleura eximia
Hoplopleura handleyi Johnson, 1972
Hoplopleura indiscreta Johnson, 1972
Hoplopleura inusitata Johnson, 1972
Hoplopleura multilobata Werneck, 1954
Hoplopleura nesoryzomydis Ferris, 1921
Hoplopleura orinocoi Johnson, 1972
Hoplopleura oryzomydis Pratt & Lane, 1951
Hoplopleura quadridentata Neumann, 1909
Hoplopleura rimae Johnson, 1972
Hoplopleura sciuricola Ferris, 1921
Hoplopleura splendida (Johnson, 1972)⇒ Pterophthirus splendida Johnson, 1972
Hoplopleura tiptoni Johnson, 1972
Hoplopleura travassosi Werneck, 1932
Hybophthirus notophallus Neumann, 1909
Kelloggia brevipes Carriker, 1903
Kelloggia idoneus Carriker, 1944
Kelloggia mirabilis Carriker, 1936
Kurodaia ictiniae
Laemobothrion jabiruensis Carriker, 1963
Laemobothrion opisthocomi (Cummings, 1913)⇒ Eulaemobothrion opisthocomi Cummings, 1913
Megaginus tessellatus Carriker, 1955
Megapeostus platycephalus Carriker, 1936
Menacanthus eurysternus eurysternus
Menacanthus falcatus Carriker, 1946
Menacanthus fasciatus Carriker, 1946
Myrsidea abidae Ansari, 1956
Myrsidea cayanae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea cayanensis Price, Helle..., 2005
Myrsidea cyanocephalae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea diglossae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea magnidens Stafford, 1943
Myrsidea melanopis Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea ophthalmici Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea phoenicii Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea ramphoceli Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea surinami Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea victrix Waterston, 1915
Myrsidea violaceae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea zenae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Neohaematopinus semifasciatus Ferris, 1916
Neophilopterus jabiraui Carriker, 1961
Neotrichodectes barbarae Neumann & L.G., 1913
Neotrichodectes semistriatus (Emerson & Price, 1975)⇒ Conepaticola semistriatus Emerson & Price, 1975
Ornicholax robustus Carriker, 1903
Osborniella crotophagae Stafford, 1943Ani louse
Oxylipeurus quadripapulus Carriker, 1944
Oxylipeurus ruficaudatus Carriker, 1967
Oxylipeurus spangleri Price & Emerson, 1986
Oxylipeurus venezuelanus Carriker, 1945
Oxylipeurus volsellus Ewing, 1930
Pediculus mjobergi Ferris, 1916
Philopterus confusio Ansari, 1955
Philopterus cotingae Carriker, 1963
Philopterus festivus Carriker, 1963
Philopterus raptori Carriker, 1963
Philopterus spinosus Carriker, 1963
Physconelloides rufaxilla Carriker, 1963
Picicola regulus Williams, 1979
Picophilopterus pici J. C. Fabricius, 1798
Plegadiphilus cayennensis Emerson & Price, 1969
Polyplax serrata Burmeister, 1839Common mouse louse
Polyplax spinulosa Burmeister, 1839Rat louse
Protogyropus normalis Ewing, 1924
Pseudocophorus antennatus Carriker, 1940
Pseudolipeurus taoi Carriker, 1936
Psittacobrosus chloropterae (Price & Beer, 1968)⇒ Epiara dimorpha Carriker, 1954
Pterophthirus audax Ferris, 1921
Pterophthirus splendida Johnson, 1972
Rallicola (Rallicola) laticephala Carriker, 1944
Ricinus arcuatum Kellogg & Mann, 1912
Ricinus arcuatus Kellogg & Mann, 1912
Ricinus australis Kellogg, 1896
Ricinus brevicapitis Carriker, 1964
Ricinus complicatus Carriker, 1964
Ricinus exsul (Carriker, 1964)⇒ Ricinus subangulatus Carriker, 1903
Ricinus flavicans Carriker, 1964
Ricinus guianensis (Carriker, 1964)⇒ Ricinus polioptilus Carriker, 1964
Ricinus invadens Kellogg, 1899
Ricinus lanceolatus (Carriker, 1964)⇒ Ricinus pessimalis Eichler, 1956
Ricinus machaeropterus (Carriker, 1964)⇒ Ricinus invadens Kellogg, 1899
Ricinus manacus (Carriker, 1964)⇒ Ricinus pessimalis Eichler, 1956
Ricinus marginatum Children, 1836
Ricinus marginatus Children, 1836
Ricinus meinertzhageni Rheinwald, 1968
Ricinus orbifrons (Carriker, 1964)⇒ Ricinus australis Kellogg, 1896
Ricinus pessimalis Eichler, 1956
Ricinus polioptilus Carriker, 1964
Ricinus pronotus (Carriker, 1964)⇒ Ricinus arcuatus Kellogg & Mann, 1912
Ricinus rubinus (Carriker, 1964)⇒ Ricinus marginatus Children, 1836
Ricinus similis (Carriker, 1964)⇒ Ricinus marginatus Children, 1836
Ricinus spadix (Carriker, 1964)⇒ Ricinus brevicapitis Carriker, 1964
Ricinus subangulatus Carriker, 1903
Ricinus subtenuis (Carriker, 1964)⇒ Ricinus sucinaceus Kellogg, 1896
Ricinus sucinaceum Kellogg, 1896
Ricinus sucinaceus Kellogg, 1896
Ricinus tristis (Carriker, 1964)⇒ Ricinus arcuatus Kellogg & Mann, 1912
Ricinus tuberculifer (Carriker, 1964)⇒ Ricinus meinertzhageni Rheinwald, 1968
Saemundssonia platygaster platygaster Denny, 1842
Sturnidoecus intermedius (Ansari, 1955)⇒ Sturnidoecus neointermedius Price, Helle..., 2003
Sturnidoecus neointermedius Price, Helle..., 2003
Sturnidoecus regalis Ansari, 1955
Traihoriella laticeps Piaget, 1888
Trichodectes fallax Werneck, 1948
Trichodectes ferrisi (Werneck, 1944)⇒ Werneckodectes ferrisi Werneck, 1944
Trichodomedea longisetosus (Carriker, 1945)⇒ Chelopistes longisetosus Carriker, 1945
Trogoninirmus strigilatus Carriker, 1955
Trogononirmus strigilatus
Tyranniphilopterus venezuelensis Mey, 2004
Werneckodectes ferrisi Werneck, 1944

Subnodes of Phthiraptera with occurrences in Venezuela
SuborderAnoplura
Leach, 1815
Lice, Sucking lice
5
8
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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