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Taxonomy of Family Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910
Bird lice, bird louse


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
710
28641
240164
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Phthiraptera
Haeckel, 1896
Sucking and biting lice
32
867
12445
Families
Genera
Species
GroupMallophaga
Nitzsch, 1818
Bird lice, Biting lice, Chewing Lice
11
692
10956
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Amblycera
Kellogg, 1896
7
232
3500
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Menoponoidea
Mjoeberg, 1910
1
177
2864
Family
Genera
Species
FamilyMenoponidae ♰
Mjöberg, 1910
Bird lice, Bird louse
177
2864
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910
GenusAcolpocephalum
Ewing, 1927
1Species
GenusActornithophilus
Ferris, 1916
82Species
GenusAegypiphilus
Eichler, 1944
  ⇒ Cuculiphilus
3Species
GenusAfrimenopon
Price, 1970
1Species
GenusAlcediniphilus
Ansari, 1951
0Species
GenusAllocolpocephalum
Qadri, 1939
  ⇒ Colpocephalum
7Species
GenusAllomenopon
Bedford, 1930
3Species
GenusAllomyrsidea
Conci, 1942
1Species
GenusAmyrsidea
Ewing, 1927
86Species
GenusAncistrona
Westwood, 1874
4Species
GenusAneutalus
Kéler, 1939
1Species
GenusAnseriphilus
Eichler, 1944
  ⇒ Ciconiphilus
3Species
GenusAntimenopon
Eichler, 1947
  ⇒ Bucerophagus
1Species
GenusApomyrsidea
Kolencik, Sychra & Allen, 2021
3Species
GenusApterygon
Clay, 1961
4Species
GenusAquiligogus ♰
Eichler & Zlotorzycka, 1971
  ⇒ Colpocephalum
10Species
GenusAquilogogus
0Species
GenusArdeiphilus
Bedford, 1939
5Species
GenusArgimenopon
Eichler, 1947
  ⇒ Amyrsidea
24Species
GenusArndtiella
Eichler, 1948
1Species
GenusAustralmenopon
Conci, 1942
  ⇒ Austromenopon
1Species
GenusAustromenopon
Bedford, 1939
95Species
GenusBlagoveshtshenskyella
Eichler, 1982
0Species
GenusBonomiella
Conci, 1942
6Species
GenusBucerocolpocephalum
Elbel, 1967
2Species
GenusBucerophagus
Bedford, 1929
3Species
GenusCacamenopon ♰
Price, 1967
  ⇒ Franciscoloa
2Species
GenusCariamigogus
Eichler, 1952
0Species
GenusCarrikerella
Hebard, 1921
  ⇒ Hoazineus
4Species
GenusCarrikeria
Hopkins, 1947
1Species
GenusCavifera
Clay & Price, 1970
2Species
GenusChapinia
Ewing, 1927
19Species
GenusCiconiphilus
Bedford, 1939
27Species
GenusClayia
Hopkins, 1941
27Species
GenusClypeodon
Timmermann, 1954
  ⇒ Actornithophilus
4Species
GenusColimenopon
Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1941
2Species
GenusCollodennyus
Ledger, 1970
  ⇒ Dennyus
25Species
GenusColpocarenum
Kéler, 1939
0Species
GenusColpocephalon
Perry, 1876
  ⇒ Colpocephalum
0Species
GenusColpocephalum
Nitzsch, 1818
417Species
GenusColpocephaum
Nitzsch, 1818
9Species
GenusColumbimenopon
Ansari, 1951
3Species
GenusComatomenopon
Uchida, 1920
8Species
GenusConciella
Eichler, 1949
  ⇒ Kurodaia
21Species
GenusCoramenopon
Price, 1968
1Species
GenusCorvocolpocephalum
Conci, 1942
1Species
GenusCorvomenopon
Conci, 1942
  ⇒ Myrsidea
1Species
GenusCracimenopon
Carriker, 1954
  ⇒ Amyrsidea
18Species
GenusCtenigogus
Eichler & Zlotorzycka, 1963
2Species
GenusCtenodennyus
Ewing, 1930
3Species
GenusCtenomenacanthus
Conci, 1947
0Species
GenusCuculifilus
Uchida, 1926
1Species
GenusCuculigogus
Eichler, 1952
0Species
GenusCuculimenopon
Price & Emerson, 1975
1Species
GenusDennyus
Neumann, 1906
60Species
GenusDensidea
Zlotorzycka, 1964
1Species
GenusDesumenopon
Carriker, 1954
  ⇒ Amyrsidea
6Species
GenusDiactornithophilus
Belát, 1953
0Species
GenusDiasiella
Tendeiro, 1955
1Species
GenusDicteisia
Bedford, 1939
6Species
GenusDictesia
1Species
GenusDimorphiventer
Eichler, 1943
  ⇒ Colpocephalum
1Species
GenusEichlerinopon
Zlotorzycka, 1964
  ⇒ Myrsidea
2Species
GenusEidmanniella
Kéler, 1938
  ⇒ Eidmanacris
13Species
GenusElbelia
Price & Emerson, 1975
1Species
GenusEomenacanthus
Uchida, 1926
  ⇒ Menacanthus
2Species
GenusEomenopon
Harrison, 1915
16Species
GenusEpiara
Carriker, 1954
1Species
GenusEucolpocephalum
Bedford, 1930
2Species
GenusEuplegadiphilus
Eichler, 1986
1Species
GenusEureum
Nitzsch, 1818
10Species
GenusEwingella
Vail & Augustson, 1943
  ⇒ Trinoton
3Species
GenusFalcocephalum
Tendeiro, 1989
1Species
GenusFalcomenopon
Emerson & Elbel, 1958
3Species
GenusFalcophilus
Guimaraes, 1942
  ⇒ Cuculiphilus
5Species
GenusFranciscoloa
Conci, 1942
15Species
GenusFregatiella
Ryan & Price, 1969
2Species
GenusGallacanthus
Eichler, 1971
  ⇒ Menacanthus
4Species
GenusGalliferrisia
Ansari, 1951
1Species
GenusGalligogus
Eichler, 1947
  ⇒ Colpocephalum
1Species
GenusGoliathipon
Eichler, 1982
1Species
GenusGruimenopon
Clay & Meineertzhagen, 1941
3Species
GenusGypsigogus
Eichler & Zlotorzycka, 1963
  ⇒ Colpocephalum
3Species
GenusHeleonomus
Ferris, 1916
13Species
GenusHeterokodeia
Carriker, 1954
9Species
GenusHeteromenopon
Carriker, 1954
17Species
GenusHirundoecus
Ewing, 1930
  ⇒ Machaerilaemus
2Species
GenusHoazineus
Guimaraes, 1940
2Species
GenusHohorstiella
Eichler, 1940
28Species
GenusHolomenopon
Eichler, 1941
30Species
GenusIrinaephilus
Eichler, 1986
1Species
GenusJadwigella
Mey, Eichler & Kaddou, 2004
1Species
GenusKaysius
Price & Clayton, 1989
  ⇒ Niethammerella
3Species
GenusKeamenopon
Price & Beer, 1967
  ⇒ Heteromenopon
3Species
GenusKelerimenopon
Conci, 1942
17Species
GenusKurodaia
Uchida, 1926
37Species
GenusLanicanthus
Zlotorzycka, 1965
  ⇒ Menacanthus
1Species
GenusLanicephalum
Zlotorzycka, 1964
0Species
GenusLanimenopon
Zlotorzycka, 1964
  ⇒ Myrsidea
1Species
GenusLarithophilus
Zlotorzycka, 1963
  ⇒ Actornithophilus
3Species
GenusLeremenopon
Dalgleish & Price, 2003
4Species
GenusLiothella
Eichler, 1947
  ⇒ Colpocephalum
2Species
GenusLiotheum
Nitzsch, 1818
31Species
GenusLiquidea
Zlotorzycka, 1964
1Species
GenusLongimenopon
Thompson, 1948
6Species
GenusLorimenopon
Price & Emerson, 1966
  ⇒ Kelerimenopon
4Species
GenusMachaerilaemus
Harrison, 1915
33Species
GenusMegacolpocephalum
Mey, 1999
2Species
GenusMegamenopon ♰
Wappler, Smith & Dalgleish, 2004
1Species
GenusMegapodipon
Eichler, 1982
  ⇒ Kelerimenopon
0Species
GenusMenacanthus
Neumann, 1912
278Species
GenusMenocanthus
1Species
GenusMenodon
Osborn, 1891
0Species
GenusMenopon
Nitzsch, 1818
450Species
GenusMeromenopon
Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1941
5Species
GenusMicroctenia
Kéler, 1939
6Species
GenusMimemamenopon
Carriker, 1957
1Species
GenusMonopon
Giebel, 1861
0Species
GenusMyrsidea
Waterston, 1915
432Species
GenusMyrsidella
Eichler, 1951
  ⇒ Myrsidea
1Species
GenusNeocolpocephalum
Ewing, 1933
  ⇒ Colpocephalum
28Species
GenusNeomenopon
Bedford, 1920
2Species
GenusNeomyrsidella
Zlotorzycka, 1964
  ⇒ Myrsidea
1Species
GenusNeumannia
Uchida, 1926
1Species
GenusNiethammerella
Eichler, 1954
  ⇒ Machaerilaemus
3Species
GenusNitzschia
Denny, 1842
  ⇒ Dennyus
28Species
GenusNosopoios
Eichler, 1940
2Species
GenusNosopon
Hopkins, 1950
16Species
GenusNumidicola
Ewing, 1927
3Species
GenusNumidimenopon ♰
Scharf & Price, 1977
4Species
GenusOculomenopon
Price & Hellenthal, 2005
1Species
GenusOdoriphila
Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1941
3Species
GenusOsborniella
Thompson, 1948
5Species
GenusPacifimenopon
Price, 1966
4Species
GenusParadisilaemus
Eichler, 1982
1Species
GenusParamenopon
Eichler, 1982
1Species
GenusPectinacanthus
Eichler, 1953
  ⇒ Cuculiphilus
0Species
GenusPelecanigogus
Eichler, 1949
  ⇒ Colpocephalum
2Species
GenusPiagetia
Picaglia, 1885
14Species
GenusPiagetiella
Neumann, 1906
12Species
GenusPicacanthus
Eichler, 1953
  ⇒ Menacanthus
2Species
GenusPicusphilus
Ansari, 1951
  ⇒ Colpocephalum
2Species
GenusPlegadiphilus
Bedford, 1939
8Species
GenusPodargiphilus
Mey, 1991
1Species
GenusPricebeeria
Eichler & Zlotorzycka, 1971
1Species
GenusProcellariphaga
Eichler, 1949
  ⇒ Austromenopon
6Species
GenusPseudocolpocephalum
Qadri, 1936
2Species
GenusPseudomenopon
Mjöberg, 1910
43Species
GenusPsittacobrosus
Carriker, 1954
24Species
GenusPsittacomenopon
Bedford, 1930
6Species
GenusPterophilus
Clay & Price, 1970
1Species
GenusQuateia ♰
Price & Emerson, 1975
1Species
GenusRamphasticola
Carriker, 1949
  ⇒ Myrsidea
9Species
GenusRatitiphagus
Eichler, 1949
  ⇒ Colpocephalum
1Species
GenusRediella
Hopkins, 1948
1Species
GenusScalarisoma
Kéler, 1939
  ⇒ Colpocephalum
0Species
GenusScopigogus
Eicher, 1952
1Species
GenusSomaphantus
Paine, 1914
4Species
GenusSpinulosipon
Eichler, 1982
1Species
GenusTakamatsuia
Uchida, 1926
2Species
GenusTalegalligogus
Mey, 1982
0Species
GenusTamaninia
Conci, 1941
2Species
GenusTendeiroella
Eichler, 1982
  ⇒ Colpocephalum
2Species
GenusTetrophthalmus
Grosse, 1885
  ⇒ Piagetiella
8Species
GenusTetropthalmus
Hope, 1845
  ⇒ Piagetiella
0Species
GenusTrinotion
Perry, 1876
  ⇒ Trinoton
0Species
GenusTrinoton
Nitzsch, 1818
45Species
GenusTrinotum
Burmeister, 1838
  ⇒ Trinoton
2Species
GenusTuracoeca
Thompson, 1938
4Species
GenusUchida
Ewing, 1930
  ⇒ Menacanthus
9Species
GenusUluloecus
Ansari, 1951
0Species
GenusUpupacanthus
Eichler, 1986
  ⇒ Menacanthus
1Species
GenusVulgidea
Zlotorzycka, 1964
  ⇒ Myrsidea
1Species
GenusVulturigogus ♰
Eichler & Zlotorzycka, 1963
  ⇒ Colpocephalum
3Species
GenusVulturiphilus
Eichler, 1948
0Species
GenusWolfdietrichia
Zlotorzycka, 1973
1Species
GenusZemiodes
Eichler, 1943
  ⇒ Menacanthus
1Species

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Menoponidae
EnglishBird lice, Bird louse
DutchKippenluizen, Vogelluizen
SwedishSpolätare


Distribution and Species lists of Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910
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Afghanistan
3 Genera  8 Species
Algeria
1 Genus  2 Species
Angola
3 Genera  7 Species
Argentina
8 Genera  13 Species
Australia
32 Genera  127 Species
Austria
1 Genus  1 Species
Belgium
5 Genera  5 Species
Bolivia
14 Genera  38 Species
Botswana
2 Genera  3 Species
Brazil
5 Genera  14 Species
Bulgaria
4 Genera  4 Species
Cambodia
1 Genus  1 Species
Cameroon
2 Genera  2 Species
Canada
7 Genera  9 Species
Cape Verde
1 Genus  1 Species
Central African Republic
2 Genera  2 Species
Chile
2 Genera  2 Species
China
2 Genera  2 Species
Colombia
20 Genera  72 Species
Costa Rica
16 Genera  76 Species
Croatia
1 Genus  1 Species
Cuba
2 Genera  3 Species
Czech Republic
3 Genera  8 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
3 Genera  3 Species
Denmark
5 Genera  5 Species
Ecuador
4 Genera  4 Species
Egypt
2 Genera  2 Species
Estonia
3 Genera  4 Species
Ethiopia
2 Genera  4 Species
Fiji
1 Genus  1 Species
Finland
16 Genera  69 Species
France
8 Genera  12 Species
Georgia
1 Genus  1 Species
Germany
8 Genera  11 Species
Ghana
1 Genus  7 Species
Greece
1 Genus  1 Species
Guatemala
3 Genera  5 Species
Guyana
2 Genera  1 Species
Honduras
1 Genus  2 Species
Hungary
5 Genera  5 Species
Iceland
3 Genera  4 Species
India
4 Genera  8 Species
Indonesia
9 Genera  15 Species
Ireland
12 Genera  24 Species
Israel
2 Genera  2 Species
Italy
22 Genera  74 Species
Jamaica
1 Genus  2 Species
Japan
1 Genus  2 Species
Kazakhstan
1 Genus  1 Species
Kenya
6 Genera  8 Species
Laos
1 Genus  1 Species
Lesotho
4 Genera  5 Species
Liberia
3 Genera  4 Species
Madagascar
1 Genus  6 Species
Malaysia
8 Genera  15 Species
Mexico
22 Genera  44 Species
Micronesia
2 Genera  2 Species
Montenegro
1 Genus  1 Species
Morocco
1 Genus  1 Species
Myanmar
2 Genera  2 Species
Namibia
1 Genus  1 Species
Nepal
5 Genera  7 Species
Netherlands
3 Genera  3 Species
New Zealand
25 Genera  84 Species
Nicaragua
1 Genus  1 Species
Niger
1 Genus  0 Species
Norway
31 Genera  212 Species
Panama
3 Genera  10 Species
Papua New Guinea
2 Genera  5 Species
Paraguay
3 Genera  15 Species
Peru
15 Genera  40 Species
Philippines
12 Genera  26 Species
Poland
5 Genera  5 Species
Portugal
4 Genera  7 Species
Republic South Africa
5 Genera  10 Species
Romania
3 Genera  3 Species
São Tomé and Príncipe
2 Genera  4 Species
Senegal
2 Genera  2 Species
Serbia
2 Genera  2 Species
Slovakia
2 Genera  3 Species
Slovenia
1 Genus  1 Species
Solomon Islands
2 Genera  3 Species
Somalia
1 Genus  1 Species
South Korea
1 Genus  2 Species
Spain
8 Genera  8 Species
Sri Lanka
1 Genus  1 Species
Suriname
1 Genus  1 Species
Sweden
26 Genera  92 Species
Taiwan
4 Genera  7 Species
Tanzania
3 Genera  5 Species
Thailand
18 Genera  42 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
5 Genera  22 Species
Turkey
1 Genus  1 Species
Uganda
2 Genera  2 Species
Ukraine
3 Genera  3 Species
United Kingdom
8 Genera  11 Species
USA
33 Genera  150 Species
Vanuatu
1 Genus  1 Species
Venezuela
15 Genera  36 Species
Vietnam
1 Genus  1 Species


Distribution on islands


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