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Checklist for Family Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910 (Bird lice)
and region Congo (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
516
8807
39529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
512
8793
39506
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
495
8697
39194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
101
950
2550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Phthiraptera
Haeckel, 1896
Sucking and biting lice
13
32
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Amblycera
Kellogg, 1896
2
5
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

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


Genera for Congo
3 Genera with 3 Species
Chapinia Ewing, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Colpocephalum Nitzsch, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Turacoeca Thompson, 19301SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Congo
3 Species
Chapinia robusta Ewing, 1927
Colpocephalum scleroderma (Ewing, 1930)⇒ Turacoeca scleroderma Ewing, 1930
Turacoeca scleroderma Ewing, 1930


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