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Checklist for Family Philopteridae Burmeister, 1830
and region Mozambique (East Africa)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		417
4719
10309		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		415
4717
10307		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		393
4621
10120		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
92
477
716		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Phthiraptera
Haeckel, 1896
Sucking and biting lice		6
11
17		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Ischnocera
Kellogg, 1896
2
7
11		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Philopterocera
1
3
5		Family
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Philopteroidea
1
3
5		Family
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 
FamilyPhilopteridae
Burmeister, 1830
3
5		Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mozambique
3 Genera with 5 Species
Alcedoecus Clay & Meine..., 02SpeciesTaxom
Meropoecus Eichler, 02SpeciesTaxom
Sturnidoecus Eichler, 20171SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mozambique
5 Species
Alcedoecus mossambicanus Tendeiro, 1979
Alcedoecus mozambicanus
Meropoecus eichleri Tendeiro, 1989
Meropoecus nubricoides
Sturnidoecus porphyrogenitus Bush, 2017


Links, sources and further information
Philopteridae at artfakta.se
Philopteridae at dyntaxa.se
Philopteridae at gbif.org
Philopteridae at irmng.org
Philopteridae at itis.gov
Philopteridae at marinespecies.org