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Checklist for Family Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910 (Bird lice)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
127
941
1555
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Phthiraptera
Haeckel, 1896
Sucking and biting lice
5
12
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Amblycera
Kellogg, 1896
1
2
3
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Menoponoidea
Mjoeberg, 1910
1
2
3
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMenoponidae
Mjöberg, 1910
Bird lice, Bird louse
2
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
2 Genera with 3 Species
Colpocephalum Nitzsch, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Myrsidea Waterston, 19802SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
3 Species
Colpocephalum occidentalis Price, 1967
Myrsidea australiensis Klockenhoff, 1971
Myrsidea tristicola Klockenhoff, 1980


Links, sources and further information
Menoponidae at artfakta.se
Menoponidae at dyntaxa.se
Menoponidae at gbif.org
Menoponidae at irmng.org
Menoponidae at itis.gov
Menoponidae at marinespecies.org