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Checklist for Family Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910 (Bird lice)
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
 

Superfamily
 
Menoponoidea
Mjoeberg, 1910
1
9
17
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMenoponidae
Mjöberg, 1910
Bird lice, Bird louse
9
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
9 Genera with 17 Species
Actornithophilus Ferris, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Austromenopon Bedford, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Colpocephalum Nitzsch, 18664SpeciesTaxom
Eidmanniella Kéler, 18663SpeciesTaxom
Menacanthus Neumann, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Myrsidea Waterston, 19808SpeciesTaxom
Nosopon Hopkins, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Plegadiphilus Bedford, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomenopon Mjöberg, 17631SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
17 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
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
Pseudomenopon pilosum 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