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Checklist for Family Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910 (Bird lice)
and region South America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1015
31826
191976
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1012
31805
191924
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
929
31274
189459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
215
4692
23577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Phthiraptera
Haeckel, 1896
Sucking and biting lice
21
229
1279
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Amblycera
Kellogg, 1896
6
67
414
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Menoponoidea
Mjoeberg, 1910
1
44
250
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMenoponidae
Mjöberg, 1910
Bird lice, Bird louse
44
250
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South America
44 Genera with 250 Species
#ABCDEFHKMNOPRT
Actornithophilus Ferris, 190210SpeciesTaxom
Amyrsidea Ewing, 195017SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrona Westwood, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Ardeiphilus Bedford, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Austromenopon Bedford, 184221SpeciesTaxom
Bonomiella Conci, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Carrikerella Hebard, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Carrikeria Hopkins, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Ciconiphilus Bedford, 19648SpeciesTaxom
Collodennyus Ledger, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Colpocephalum Nitzsch, 195523SpeciesTaxom
Conciella Eichler, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Cracimenopon Carriker, 19869SpeciesTaxom
Ctenodennyus Ewing, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Cuculimenopon Price & Emerson, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Dennyus Neumann, 19306SpeciesTaxom
Desumenopon Carriker, 19672SpeciesTaxom
Dicteisia Bedford, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Dictesia1SpeciesTaxom
Eidmanniella Kéler, 18804SpeciesTaxom
Epiara Carriker, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Eucolpocephalum Bedford, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Eureum Nitzsch, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Fregatiella Ryan & Price, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Heterokodeia Carriker, 19543SpeciesTaxom
Heteromenopon Carriker, 19677SpeciesTaxom
Hoazineus Guimaraes, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Hohorstiella Eichler, 19786SpeciesTaxom
Holomenopon Eichler, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Kaysius Price & Clayton, 19892SpeciesTaxom
Kurodaia Uchida, 02SpeciesTaxom
Machaerilaemus Harrison, 194413SpeciesTaxom
Menacanthus Neumann, 181826SpeciesTaxom
Menopon Nitzsch, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Microctenia Kéler, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Myrsidea Waterston, 201851SpeciesTaxom
Niethammerella Eichler, 19892SpeciesTaxom
Nosopon Hopkins, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Osborniella Thompson, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Plegadiphilus Bedford, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomenopon Mjöberg, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Psittacobrosus Carriker, 196812SpeciesTaxom
Ramphasticola Carriker, 19612SpeciesTaxom
Trinoton Nitzsch, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South America
250 Species and 4 Subspecies
Actornithophilus (Actornithophilus) bicolor Piaget, 1880
Actornithophilus (Actornithophilus) grandiceps Piaget, 1880
Actornithophilus (Actornithophilus) limosae Kellogg, 1908
Actornithophilus (Actornithophilus) ochraceus Nitzsch, 1818
Actornithophilus (Actornithophilus) pediculoides Mjöberg, 1910
Actornithophilus (Actornithophilus) spinulosus Piaget, 1880
Actornithophilus (Actornithophilus) umbrinus Burmeister, 1838
Actornithophilus hoplopteri Mjöberg, 1910
Actornithophilus incisus Piaget, 1880
Actornithophilus kilauensis Kellogg & Ch..., 1902
Amyrsidea (Amyrsidea) ventralis Nitzsch, 1866
Amyrsidea (Argimenopon) perdicis Denny, 1842
Amyrsidea (Cracimenopon) caquetae Carriker Jr., 1967
Amyrsidea (Cracimenopon) garruli (Carriker, 1950)⇒ Cracimenopon garruli Carriker, 1950
Amyrsidea (Cracimenopon) mituensis Carriker Jr., 1954
Amyrsidea (Cracimenopon) pauxis (Carriker, 1950)⇒ Cracimenopon pauxis Carriker, 1950
Amyrsidea (Cracimenopon) rogersi (Scharf & Eme..., 1984)⇒ Cracimenopon rogersi Scharf & Eme..., 1984
Amyrsidea (Cracimenopon) semicracis (Carriker, 1950)⇒ Cracimenopon semicracis Carriker, 1950
Amyrsidea (Cracimenopon) simplex (Carriker, 1950)⇒ Cracimenopon simplex Carriker, 1950
Amyrsidea (Cracimenopon) spicula (Carriker, 1950)⇒ Cracimenopon spicula Carriker, 1950
Amyrsidea (Cracimenopon) steineri (Price & Emerson, 1986)⇒ Cracimenopon steineri Price & Emerson, 1986
Amyrsidea (Desumenopon) complicata Carriker Jr., 1967
Amyrsidea (Desumenopon) praegracilis (Carriker, 1950)⇒ Desumenopon praegracilis Carriker, 1950
Amyrsidea (Desumenopon) ricaurtei Carriker Jr., 1967
Amyrsidea (Desumenopon) speciosa Carriker, 1967
Amyrsidea parvispina (Carriker, 1950)⇒ Cracimenopon pauxis Carriker, 1950
Amyrsidea spinigaster (Carriker, 1950)⇒ Cracimenopon pauxis Carriker, 1950
Ancistrona vagelli J.C. Fabricius, 1787
Ardeiphilus incertus Carriker, 1964
Austromenopon aegialitidis Durrant, 1906
Austromenopon affine Piaget, 1890
Austromenopon albemarlei Kellogg & Ku..., 1902
Austromenopon atrofulvum Piaget, 1880
Austromenopon beckii Kellogg, 1906
Austromenopon echinatum Edwards, 1960
Austromenopon elliotti Timmermann, 1954
Austromenopon himantopi Timmermann, 1954
Austromenopon limosae Timmermann, 1954
Austromenopon lutescens Burmeister, 1838
Austromenopon narboroughi Kellogg & Ku..., 1902
Austromenopon navigans Kellogg, 1896
Austromenopon oceanodromae Price & Clay, 1972
Austromenopon ossifragae Eichler, 1949
Austromenopon paululum Kellogg & Ch..., 1899
Austromenopon phaeopodis Schrank, 1802
Austromenopon pinguis Kellogg, 1896
Austromenopon popellus Piaget, 1890
Austromenopon spenceri Timmermann, 1956
Austromenopon stammeri Timmermann, 1963
Austromenopon transversum Denny, 1842
Bonomiella columbae Emerson, 1957
Carrikerella ceratophora Hebard, 1922
Carrikeria megaspinus Carriker, 1940
Ciconiphilus agami (Carriker, 1964)⇒ Ciconiphilus decimfasciatus Boisduval & ..., 1835
Ciconiphilus butoridiphagus Carriker, 1964
Ciconiphilus butoriphagus
Ciconiphilus decimfasciatum Boisduval & ..., 1835
Ciconiphilus decimfasciatus Boisduval & ..., 1835Louse
Ciconiphilus euxenuri Palma, 1978
Ciconiphilus floridus (Carriker, 1964)⇒ Ciconiphilus decimfasciatus Boisduval & ..., 1835
Ciconiphilus pilherodii (Carriker, 1964)⇒ Ciconiphilus decimfasciatus Boisduval & ..., 1835
Collodennyus (Collodennyus) wraggi Clayton, Pri..., 1996
Colpocephalum angulaticeps Piaget, 1880
Colpocephalum brachysomum Kellogg & Ch..., 1902
Colpocephalum burhinoides (Carriker, 1963)⇒ Psittacobrosus forpi Carriker, 1954
Colpocephalum cayennense Price & Emerson, 1967
Colpocephalum cayennensis Price, R.D. ..., 1967
Colpocephalum cristatae Price, 1968
Colpocephalum crotophagae (Stafford, 1943)⇒ Osborniella crotophagae Stafford, 1943
Colpocephalum falconii (Carriker, 1963)⇒ Colpocephalum zerafae Ansari, 1955
Colpocephalum heterosoma Piaget, 1880
Colpocephalum holzenthali Clayton & Price, 1989
Colpocephalum ictiniae (Carriker, 1963)⇒ Colpocephalum pectinatum Osborn, 1902
Colpocephalum infuscati Price & Emerson, 1967
Colpocephalum leptopygos Nitzsch, 1874
Colpocephalum megalopteri Price, 1967
Colpocephalum occidentalis Price, 1967
Colpocephalum pectinatum Osborn, 1902
Colpocephalum phalcoboeni Price, 1964
Colpocephalum poopoensis (Carriker, 1956)⇒ Colpocephalum heterosoma Piaget, 1880
Colpocephalum spineum Kellogg, 1899
Colpocephalum subzerafae Tendeiro, 1988
Colpocephalum tausi Ansari, 1951
Colpocephalum turbinatum Denny, 1842Louse
Colpocephalum zerafae Ansari, 1955
Conciella caputonis Carriker, 1966
Cracimenopon caquetae Carriker, 1967
Cracimenopon garruli Carriker, 1950
Cracimenopon mirae (Carriker, 1967)⇒ Cracimenopon garruli Carriker, 1950
Cracimenopon pauxis Carriker, 1950
Cracimenopon rogersi Scharf & Eme..., 1984
Cracimenopon semicracis Carriker, 1950
Cracimenopon simplex Carriker, 1950
Cracimenopon spicula Carriker, 1950
Cracimenopon steineri Price & Emerson, 1986
Ctenodennyus spiniger Ewing, 1930
Cuculimenopon pallidi Price & Emerson, 1975
Dennyus (Dennyus) australis Ewing, 1930
Dennyus (Dennyus) brunneitorques Carriker, 1954
Dennyus (Dennyus) intonsus Carriker, 1954
Dennyus (Dennyus) rotundocapitis Carriker, 1954
Dennyus (Dennyus) spininotus Carriker, 1954
Dennyus spiniger (Ewing, 1930)⇒ Ctenodennyus spiniger Ewing, 1930
Desumenopon praegracilis Carriker, 1950
Desumenopon speciosa Carriker, 1967
Dicteisia gracilis Carriker, 1949
Dictesia gracile
Eidmanniella albescens Piaget, 1880
Eidmanniella eurygaster Nitzsch, 1866
Eidmanniella pellucida Rudow, 1869
Eidmanniella pellucida brevipalpus Piaget, 1880
Epiara dimorpha Carriker, 1954
Eucolpocephalum femorale Piaget, 1880
Eureum yepezi Carriker, 1958
Fregatiella aurifasciata Kellogg, 1899
Heterokodeia chiriri Carriker, 1954
Heterokodeia spinosa Carriker, 1954
Heterokodeia subsimilis Carriker, 1954
Heteromenopon (Heteromenopon) aurifrons Price & Beer, 1967
Heteromenopon (Heteromenopon) jugularis Price & Beer, 1967
Heteromenopon (Heteromenopon) militaris Price & Beer, 1967
Heteromenopon (Heteromenopon) pictae Price & Beer, 1967
Heteromenopon (Heteromenopon) pionopsittae Price & Beer, 1967
Heteromenopon (Heteromenopon) sincipitalis Carriker, 1954
Heteromenopon (Heteromenopon) viridicatae Price & Beer, 1967
Hoazineus armiferus Guimaraes, 1940
Hohorstiella andina Carriker, 1949
Hohorstiella corpulenta Carriker, 1963
Hohorstiella frontalis Carriker, 1949
Hohorstiella lata Piaget, 1880Pigeon body louse
Hohorstiella paladinella Hill & Tuff, 1978
Hohorstiella passerina Hill & Tuff, 1978
Holomenopon leucoxanthum Burmeister, 1838
Holomenopon tadornae Gervais, 1844
Kaysius cotingae Carriker, 1949
Kaysius emersoni (Price & Clayton, 1989)⇒ Niethammerella emersoni Price & Clayton, 1989
Kurodaia cryptostigmatia Nitzsch, 1861
Kurodaia ictiniae
Machaerilaemus atrocephalus (Carriker, 1944)⇒ Machaerilaemus maestus Kellogg & Ch..., 1899
Machaerilaemus bolivianus (Carriker, 1944)⇒ Machaerilaemus malleus Burmeister, 1838
Machaerilaemus cotingae (Carriker, 1949)⇒ Kaysius cotingae Carriker, 1949
Machaerilaemus gigas Carriker, 1949
Machaerilaemus insignis (Carriker, 1944)⇒ Machaerilaemus laticorpus Carriker, 1903
Machaerilaemus juninensis (Carriker, 1944)⇒ Machaerilaemus maestus Kellogg & Ch..., 1899
Machaerilaemus laticorpus Carriker, 1903
Machaerilaemus maestus Kellogg & Ch..., 1899
Machaerilaemus malleus Burmeister, 1838
Machaerilaemus picturatus (Carriker, 1956)⇒ Machaerilaemus laticorpus Carriker, 1903
Machaerilaemus poecilotis (Carriker, 1944)⇒ Machaerilaemus laticorpus Carriker, 1903
Machaerilaemus robertsi (Carriker, 1944)⇒ Machaerilaemus maestus Kellogg & Ch..., 1899
Machaerilaemus tachuris (Carriker, 1944)⇒ Machaerilaemus maestus Kellogg & Ch..., 1899
Menacanthus balfouri Waterston, 1915
Menacanthus benii (Carriker, 1967)⇒ Menacanthus pici Denny, 1842
Menacanthus bonariensis Cicchino, 2003
Menacanthus campephili Price & Emerson, 1975
Menacanthus caquetae (Carriker, 1967)⇒ Menacanthus pici Denny, 1842
Menacanthus ceophloeus (Carriker, 1967)⇒ Menacanthus pici Denny, 1842
Menacanthus coniceps Carriker, 1953
Menacanthus cornutus Schommer, 1913
Menacanthus distinctus Kellogg & Ch..., 1899
Menacanthus eurysternus Burmeister, 1838Louse
Menacanthus eurysternus eurysternus
Menacanthus exsanguis Paine & Mann, 1913
Menacanthus extraneus Carriker, 1967
Menacanthus falcatus Carriker, 1946
Menacanthus fasciatus Carriker, 1946
Menacanthus laticephalus Carriker, 1953
Menacanthus leistidis Cicchino, 1984
Menacanthus megaspinus (Carriker, 1940)⇒ Carrikeria megaspinus Carriker, 1940
Menacanthus meridionalis Carriker, 1903
Menacanthus mituensis Carriker, 1946
Menacanthus nothoproctae Carriker, 1944
Menacanthus pallidulus Neumann, 1912
Menacanthus pici Denny, 1842
Menacanthus punensis (Carriker, 1967)⇒ Menacanthus pici Denny, 1842
Menacanthus quercus (Carriker, 1967)⇒ Menacanthus pici Denny, 1842
Menacanthus stramineus Nitzsch, 1818Broad body louse
Menopon gallinae Linnaeus, 1758Chicken shaft louse
Microctenia guimaraesi Carriker, 1945
Myrsidea abidae Ansari, 1956
Myrsidea aleixoi Price, Helle..., 2004
Myrsidea andyolsoni Dalgleish & ..., 2003
Myrsidea blattae Dalgleish & ..., 2005
Myrsidea capeki Kolencik, Sy..., 2018
Myrsidea cayanae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea cayanensis Price, Helle..., 2005
Myrsidea cecilae Klockenhoff, 1972
Myrsidea cinnamomei Dalgleish & ..., 2005
Myrsidea coronatae Price & Dalg..., 2007
Myrsidea cyanocephalae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea darwini Palma & Price, 2010
Myrsidea devastator Ansari, 1956
Myrsidea diglossae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea elegans Ansari, 1956
Myrsidea flaveolae Literak, 2017
Myrsidea habiae Literak, 2017
Myrsidea hirsuta Carriker, 1949
Myrsidea indigenella Ansari, 1956
Myrsidea indiginella
Myrsidea laciniata Clay, 1968
Myrsidea lanei Price, Helle..., 2004
Myrsidea leptopogoni Kolencik, Sy..., 2018
Myrsidea leucophthalmi Kolencik, Sy..., 2018
Myrsidea magnidens Stafford, 1943
Myrsidea melanopis Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea mirabile Carriker, 1961
Myrsidea moylei Hellenthal, ..., 2005
Myrsidea neocinereae Price, Helle..., 2005
Myrsidea nesomimi borealis Palma & Price, 2010
Myrsidea nesomimi nesomimi Palma & Price, 2010
Myrsidea ophthalmici Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea pachyramphi Kolencik, Sy..., 2018
Myrsidea philydori Kolencik, Sy..., 2018
Myrsidea phoenicii Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea pitangi Price, Helle..., 2005
Myrsidea pyriglenae Kolencik, Sy..., 2018
Myrsidea ramphoceli Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea ridulosa Kellogg & Ch..., 1899
Myrsidea sayacae Literak, 2017
Myrsidea scleruri Kolencik, Sy..., 2018
Myrsidea serini Seguy, 1944
Myrsidea simplex Ansari, 1956
Myrsidea surinami Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea tropicalis Clay, 1968
Myrsidea varia Ansari, 1956
Myrsidea victrix Waterston, 1915
Myrsidea violaceae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea witti Price, Helle..., 2004
Myrsidea zenae Price & Dalg..., 2006
Myrsidea zuzanae Kolencik, Sy..., 2018
Niethammerella cotingae Carriker, 1949
Niethammerella emersoni Price & Clayton, 1989
Nosopon lucidum Rudow, 1869
Osborniella crotophagae Stafford, 1943Ani louse
Plegadiphilus cayennensis Emerson & Price, 1969
Plegadiphilus plegadis Dubinin, 1938
Pseudomenopon pilosum Scopoli, 1763
Pseudomenopon scopulacorne Denny, 1842
Psittacobrosus aratingae Price & Beer, 1968
Psittacobrosus brotogerisi Price & Beer, 1968
Psittacobrosus burmeisteri Kellogg, 1906
Psittacobrosus carrikeri Price & Beer, 1968
Psittacobrosus chloropterae (Price & Beer, 1968)⇒ Epiara dimorpha Carriker, 1954
Psittacobrosus farinosae Price & Beer, 1968
Psittacobrosus forpi Carriker, 1954
Psittacobrosus mitratae Price & Beer, 1968
Psittacobrosus molinae Price & Beer, 1968
Psittacobrosus patagoni Price & Beer, 1968
Psittacobrosus pyrrhurae Price & Beer, 1968
Psittacobrosus rubrogenysi Price & Beer, 1968
Ramphasticola hirsuta (Carriker, 1949)⇒ Myrsidea hirsuta Carriker, 1949
Ramphasticola mirabile (Carriker & D..., 1961)⇒ Myrsidea mirabile Carriker, 1961
Trinoton querquedulae Linnaeus, 1758Large duck louse


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Menoponidae at artfakta.se
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