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Checklist for Suborder Amblycera Kellogg, 1896
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
754
15371
60267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
750
15333
60124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
15096
59373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
159
1964
4677
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Phthiraptera
Haeckel, 1896
Sucking and biting lice
11
43
100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Amblycera
Kellogg, 1896
3
12
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southern Africa
3 Families width 22 Species and 1 Subspecies
Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910Bird lice17SpeciesTaxom
Laemobothriidae (Mjöberg, 1910)4SpeciesTaxom
Gyropidae Kellogg, 18961SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southern Africa
12 Genera with 22 Species
Actornithophilus Ferris, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Austromenopon Bedford, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Colpocephalum Nitzsch, 18664SpeciesTaxom
Eidmanniella Kéler, 18663SpeciesTaxom
Eulaemobothrion Ewing, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Laemobothrion Nitzsch, 19193SpeciesTaxom
Menacanthus Neumann, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Myrsidea Waterston, 19808SpeciesTaxom
Nosopon Hopkins, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Plegadiphilus Bedford, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Protogyropus Ewing, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomenopon Mjöberg, 17631SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
22 Species and 1 Subspecies
Actornithophilus hoplopteri Mjöberg, 1910
Colpocephalum clayellum Brinck, 1955
Colpocephalum fregili Denny, 1842
Colpocephalum occidentalis Price, 1967
Colpocephalum semicinctum (Rudow, 1866)⇒ Colpocephalum fregili Denny, 1842
Eidmanniella pellucida Rudow, 1869
Eidmanniella pellucida brevipalpus Piaget, 1880
Eidmanniella pustulosa Nitzsch (in ..., 1866
Eulaemobothrion kelloggi Bedford, 1919
Laemobothrion (Laemobothrion) tinnunculi Linnaeus, 1758
Laemobothrion (Laemobothrion) vulturis J.C. Fabricius, 1775
Laemobothrion kelloggi (Bedford, 1919)⇒ Eulaemobothrion kelloggi Bedford, 1919
Myrsidea australiensis Klockenhoff, 1971
Myrsidea bubalornithis Klockenhoff, 1984
Myrsidea eisentrauti Klockenhoff, 1982
Myrsidea hopkinsi Bedford, 1939
Myrsidea ledgeri Klockenhoff, 1984
Myrsidea subanaspila Bedford, 1939
Myrsidea textoris Klockenhoff, 1984
Myrsidea tristicola Klockenhoff, 1980
Nosopon atyeoi Price & Emerson, 1984
Protogyropus normalis Ewing, 1924
Pseudomenopon pilosum Scopoli, 1763

Subnodes of Amblycera with occurrences in Southern Africa
SuperfamilyGyropoidea
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLaemobothrioidea
1
2
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMenoponoidea
Mjoeberg, 1910
1
9
17
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Amblycera at artfakta.se
Amblycera at dyntaxa.se
Amblycera at itis.gov