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Checklist for Family Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910 (Bird lice)
and region Costa Rica (Central America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
611
11863
34633
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
608
11859
34631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
579
11701
34157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
117
1362
2867
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Phthiraptera
Haeckel, 1896
Sucking and biting lice
8
67
202
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Amblycera
Kellogg, 1896
4
22
94
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Menoponoidea
Mjoeberg, 1910
1
16
76
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMenoponidae
Mjöberg, 1910
Bird lice, Bird louse
16
76
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Costa Rica
16 Genera with 76 Species
Amyrsidea Ewing, 19673SpeciesTaxom
Carrikerella Hebard, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Collodennyus Ledger, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Colpocephalum Nitzsch, 18967SpeciesTaxom
Cracimenopon Carriker, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Dennyus Neumann, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Kaysius Price & Clayton, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Kurodaia Uchida, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Leremenopon Dalgleish & ..., 20032SpeciesTaxom
Machaerilaemus Harrison, 20023SpeciesTaxom
Menacanthus Neumann, 18428SpeciesTaxom
Menopon Nitzsch, 183811SpeciesTaxom
Myrsidea Waterston, 200630SpeciesTaxom
Niethammerella Eichler, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Nitzschia Denny, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomenopon Mjöberg, 17632SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Costa Rica
76 Species and 1 Subspecies
Amyrsidea (Amyrsidea) ventralis Nitzsch, 1866
Amyrsidea (Cracimenopon) semicracis (Carriker, 1950)⇒ Cracimenopon semicracis Carriker, 1950
Amyrsidea (Cracimenopon) sixiola Carriker Jr., 1967
Carrikerella ceratophora Hebard, 1922
Carrikerella empusa Rehn, 1935
Collodennyus (Collodennyus) wraggi Clayton, Pri..., 1996
Colpocephalum extraneum (Carriker, 1903)⇒ Myrsidea extranea Carriker, 1903
Colpocephalum gypagi (Carriker, 1903)⇒ Colpocephalum megalops Giebel, 1874
Colpocephalum lurore (Carriker, 1903)⇒ Myrsidea lurore Carriker, 1903
Colpocephalum megalops Giebel, 1874
Colpocephalum mirabile (Carriker, 1903)⇒ Myrsidea mirabilis Carriker, 1903
Colpocephalum mirabiles
Colpocephalum osborni Kellogg, 1896
Cracimenopon semicracis Carriker, 1950
Dennyus (Dennyus) bruneri Carriker, 1903
Dennyus (Dennyus) limbus Carriker, 1954
Kaysius tityrus Carriker, 1903
Kurodaia (Kurodaia) macrocybe Carriker, 1903
Kurodaia caputonis Carriker, 1966
Leremenopon fisheri Dalgleish & ..., 2003
Leremenopon sanchezi Dalgleish & ..., 2003
Machaerilaemus diglossae Price, Helle..., 2002
Machaerilaemus laticorpus Carriker, 1903
Machaerilaemus tangarae Price, Helle..., 2002
Menacanthus balfouri Waterston, 1915
Menacanthus ceophloeus (Carriker, 1967)⇒ Menacanthus pici Denny, 1842
Menacanthus eurysternus Burmeister, 1838Louse
Menacanthus eurysternus eurysternus
Menacanthus fasciatus Carriker, 1946
Menacanthus hoffmanm (Carriker, 1967)⇒ Menacanthus pici Denny, 1842
Menacanthus ortalidis Carriker, 1903
Menacanthus pici Denny, 1842
Menopon difficile
Menopon difficilis (Carriker, 1903)⇒ Menacanthus eurysternus Burmeister, 1838
Menopon laticorpum (Carriker, 1903)⇒ Machaerilaemus laticorpus Carriker, 1903
Menopon macrocybe (Carriker, 1903)⇒ Kurodaia macrocybe Carriker, 1903
Menopon ortalidis (Carriker, 1903)⇒ Menacanthus ortalidis Carriker, 1903
Menopon palloris (Carriker, 1903)⇒ Myrsidea palloris Carriker, 1903
Menopon praecursor (Kellogg, 1899)⇒ Menacanthus pici Denny, 1842
Menopon stenodesmum (Carriker, 1903)⇒ Myrsidea stenodesma Carriker, 1903
Menopon thoracicum (Giebel, 1874)⇒ Myrsidea thoracica Giebel, 1874
Menopon tityrum (Carriker, 1903)⇒ Kaysius tityrus Carriker, 1903
Menopon tridens (Burmeister, 1838)⇒ Pseudomenopon pilosus Scopoli, 1763
Myrsidea barbati Price, Helle..., 2005
Myrsidea cayanae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea cinnamomei Dalgleish & ..., 2005
Myrsidea dalgleishi Valim, Price..., 2011
Myrsidea elaeniae Price, Helle..., 2005
Myrsidea extranea Carriker, 1903
Myrsidea fuscicaudae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea icterocephalae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea klimesi Sychra, 2006
Myrsidea leptopogoni Kolencik, Sy..., 2018
Myrsidea lurore Carriker, 1903
Myrsidea luroris Carriker Jr., 1903
Myrsidea mcleannani Sychra, 2006
Myrsidea meyi Valim, Price..., 2011
Myrsidea mirabilis Carriker, 1903
Myrsidea mitrospingi Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea olivacei Price, Helle..., 2005
Myrsidea palloris Carriker, 1903
Myrsidea ramphoceli Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea regius Ansari, 1956
Myrsidea rekasii Dalgleish & ..., 2003
Myrsidea rohi Ansari, 1956
Myrsidea similis Price, Helle..., 2005
Myrsidea spadicei Price, Helle..., 2005
Myrsidea spellmani R.D.Price , ..., 2008
Myrsidea spizae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea stenodesma Carriker, 1903
Myrsidea thoracica Giebel, 1874
Myrsidea venustae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea zenae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Niethammerella tityrus Carriker, 1903
Nitzschia bruneri (Carriker, 1903)⇒ Collodennyus wraggi Clayton, Pri..., 1996
Pseudomenopon pilosum Scopoli, 1763
Pseudomenopon pilosus Scopoli, 1763


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