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Checklist for Superfamily Philopteroidea
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
209
5311
23131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Phthiraptera
Haeckel, 1896
Sucking and biting lice
20
149
636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Ischnocera
Kellogg, 1896
2
84
288
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Philopterocera
1
66
194
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Philopteroidea
1
66
194
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Africa
1 Family width 194 Species and 10 Subspecies
Philopteridae Burmeister, 1830194SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Africa
66 Genera with 194 Species
#ABCDEFGHILMNOPQRST
Acidoproctus Piaget, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Acronirmus Eichler, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Aegypoecus Clay & Meine..., 19141SpeciesTaxom
Alcedoecus Clay & Meine..., 02SpeciesTaxom
Alcedoffula Clay & Meine..., 19672SpeciesTaxom
Anaticola Clay, 18493SpeciesTaxom
Anatoecus Cummings, 18665SpeciesTaxom
Aquanirmus Clay & Meine..., 18421SpeciesTaxom
Ardeicola Clay, 18425SpeciesTaxom
Austrogoniodes Harrison, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Brueelia Kéler, 195615SpeciesTaxom
Bucerocophorus Elbel, 19763SpeciesTaxom
Buceroemersonia Elbel, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Bucorvellus Clay, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Buphagoecus Bush, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Campanulotes Kéler, 19783SpeciesTaxom
Carduiceps Clay & Meine..., 18662SpeciesTaxom
Chelopistes Kéler, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Coloceras Taschenberg, 19735SpeciesTaxom
Columbicola Ewing, 19557SpeciesTaxom
Couala Bush, 20174SpeciesTaxom
Cuclotogaster Carriker, 19383SpeciesTaxom
Degeeriella Neumann, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Docophoroides Giglioli, 19144SpeciesTaxom
Echinophilopterus Ewing, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Episbates Thompson, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Esthiopterum Harrison, 1916
0SpeciesTaxom
Fulicoffula Clay & Meine..., 19582SpeciesTaxom
Goniocotes Burmeister, 18665SpeciesTaxom
Goniodes Nitzsch, 17586SpeciesTaxom
Guimaraesiella Eichler, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Haffneria Timmermann, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Halipeurus Thompson, 18427SpeciesTaxom
Harrisoniella Bedford, 19522SpeciesTaxom
Ibidoecus Cummings, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Incidifrons Ewing, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Indoceoplanetes Bush, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Lipeurus Nitzsch, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Lunaceps Clay & Meine..., 19546SpeciesTaxom
Manucodicola1SpeciesTaxom
Meropoecus Eichler, 02SpeciesTaxom
Nakicola Mey, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Naubates Bedford, 19303SpeciesTaxom
Nesiotinus Kellogg, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Olivinirmus Zlotorzycka, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Ornithobius Denny, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Otidoecus Bedford, 1931
0SpeciesTaxom
Oxylipeurus Mjöberg, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Paraclisis Timmermann, 18693SpeciesTaxom
Pectinopygus Mjöberg, 18425SpeciesTaxom
Pelmatocerandra Enderlein, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Perineus Thompson, 19883SpeciesTaxom
Philoceanus Kellogg, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Philopterus Nitzsch, 18425SpeciesTaxom
Priceiella1SpeciesTaxom
Quadraceps Clay & Meine..., 184215SpeciesTaxom
Rallicola Johnston & H..., 19656SpeciesTaxom
Saemundssonia Timmermann, 194917SpeciesTaxom
Strigiphilus Mjöberg, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Sturnidoecus Eichler, 17766SpeciesTaxom
Syrrhaptoecus Waterston, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Teinomordeus1SpeciesTaxom
Titanomessor1SpeciesTaxom
Trabeculus Rudow, 18663SpeciesTaxom
Trichophilopterus Stobbe, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Tyranniphilopterus Mey, 20041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
194 Species and 10 Subspecies
Acidoproctus rostratus Rudow, 1866
Acronirmus gracilis Burmeister, 1838
Aegypoecus perspicuus Kellogg, 1914
Alcedoecus mossambicanus Tendeiro, 1979
Alcedoecus mozambicanus
Alcedoffula elongata Tendeiro, 1967
Alcedoffula madagascariensis Tendeiro, 1967
Anaticola crassicornis Scopoli, 1763Goose wing louse
Anaticola magnificus Ansari, 1955
Anaticola phoenicopteri Coinde, 1849
Anatoecus (Anatoecus) icterodes Nitzsch, 1818
Anatoecus icterodes icterodes Nitzsch, 1818
Anatoecus (Benatoecus) dentatus Scopoli, 1763Common duck louse
Anatoecus dentatus dentatus Scopoli, 1763
Anatoecus pygaspis Nitzsch, 1866
Aquanirmus podicepis Denny, 1842
Ardeicola expallidus Blagoveshtch..., 1940
Ardeicola geronticorum Brinck, 1955
Ardeicola plataleae Linnaeus, 1758
Ardeicola rhaphidius Nitzsch, 1866
Ardeicola stellaris Denny, 1842
Austrogoniodes demersus Kéler, 1952
Brueelia aguilarae Bush, 2017
Brueelia apiastri Denny, 1842
Brueelia astrildae Tendeiro & M..., 1994
Brueelia bicurvata Piaget, 1880
Brueelia cyclothorax Burmeister, 1838
Brueelia goniocotes Piaget, 1885
Brueelia lonchurae Tendeiro & M..., 1994
Brueelia nebulosa Burmeister, 1838
Brueelia parviguttata Blagoveshtch..., 1940
Brueelia pofadderensis Gustafsson, ..., 2019
Brueelia pseudognatha Bush, 2017
Brueelia semiscalaris Gustafsson, ..., 2019
Brueelia sima Gustafsson, ..., 2019
Brueelia terpsichore Gustafsson, ..., 2019
Brueelia turdinulae Ansari, 1956
Bucerocophorus pachychemis
Bucerocophorus pachycnemis Giebel, 1876..., 1976
Bucerocophorus watsoni Elbel, 1976
Buceroemersonia brelihi Elbel, 1977
Buceroemersonia clarkei Elbel, 1977
Bucorvellus docophorus Giebel, 1874..., 1955
Buphagoecus husaini Ansari, 1968
Campanulotes bidentatus Scopoli, 1763Small pigeon louse
Campanulotes bidentatus compar Burmeister, 1838Louse
Campanulotes madeirensis Tendeiro, 1978
Carduiceps scalaris Piaget, 1880
Carduiceps zonarius Nitzsch, 1866
Chelopistes meleagridis Linnaeus, 1758Large turkey louse
Coloceras castroi Tendeiro, 1969
Coloceras chinense Kellogg & Ch..., 1902Louse
Coloceras damicorne Nitzsch, 1866
Coloceras hilli Bedford, 1920
Coloceras hoogstraali Tendeiro, 1973
Columbicola browni Adams, Price..., 2005
Columbicola carrikeri Tendeiro, 1965
Columbicola claviformis Denny, 1842
Columbicola columbae Linnaeus, 1758Louse
Columbicola hoogstraali Tendeiro, 1959
Columbicola senegalensis Tendeiro, 1965
Columbicola theresae Ansari, 1955
Couala angulata Piaget, 1880
Couala dodekopter Bush, 2017
Couala koaphilus Mey, 2017
Couala teso Mey, 2017
Cuclotogaster bicalcaratus Tendeiro, 1958
Cuclotogaster heterographus Nitzsch, 1866Chicken head louse
Cuclotogaster hungerfordi Clay, 1938
Degeeriella discocephala discocephala
Degeeriella fusca Denny, 1842
Degeeriella rufa Burmeister, 1838
Docophoroides brevis Dufour, 1835
Docophoroides harrisoni Waterston, 1917
Docophoroides murphyi Kellogg, 1914
Docophoroides simplex Waterston, 1914
Echinophilopterus brygooi Guimaraes, 1980
Episbates pederiformis Dufour, 1835
Fulicoffula lurida Nitzsch, 1818
Fulicoffula stammeri Eichler, 1958
Goniocotes clayae Tendeiro, 1954
Goniocotes dentatus (Rudow, 1870)⇒ Goniodes ocellatus Rudow, 1869
Goniocotes gallinae De Geer, 1778Chicken fluff louse
Goniocotes hologaster (Denny, 1842)⇒ Goniodes gigas Taschenberg, 1879
Goniocotes pusillus Nitzsch, 1866
Goniodes assimilis Piaget, 1880
Goniodes dissimilis Denny, 1842Brown chicken louse
Goniodes emersoni Tendeiro, 1965
Goniodes gigas Taschenberg, 1879Large chicken louse
Goniodes ocellatus Rudow, 1869
Goniodes pavonis Linnaeus, 1758
Guimaraesiella papuana Giebel, 1879
Haffneria grandis Piaget, 1880
Halipeurus (Halipeurus) abnormis Piaget, 1885
Halipeurus (Halipeurus) bulweriae Timmermann, 1960
Halipeurus (Halipeurus) diversus Kellogg, 1896
Halipeurus (Halipeurus) heraldicus Timmermann, 1960
Halipeurus (Halipeurus) spadix Timmermann, 1961
Halipeurus (Halipeurus) theresae Timmermann, 1969
Halipeurus (Synnautes) pelagicus Denny, 1842
Harrisoniella ferox Giebel, 1867
Harrisoniella hopkinsi Eichler, 1952
Ibidoecus bisignatus Nitzsch, 1866
Ibidoecus plataleae Denny, 1842
Incidifrons fulicae Linnaeus, 1758
Indoceoplanetes loboccupatrix Bush, 2017
Lipeurus caponis Linnaeus, 1758Chicken wing louse
Lipeurus numidae Denny, 1842Slender guinea louse
Lunaceps actophilus Kellogg & Ch..., 1899
Lunaceps cabanisi (Timmermann, 1954)⇒ Lunaceps holophaeus Burmeister, 1838
Lunaceps drosti (Timmermann, 1954)⇒ Lunaceps holophaeus Burmeister, 1838
Lunaceps falcinellus Timmermann, 1954
Lunaceps holophaeus Burmeister, 1838
Lunaceps limosella Timmermann, 1954
Manucodicola asymmetricus Mey, 2017
Meropoecus eichleri Tendeiro, 1989
Meropoecus nubricoides
Nakicola mesitinus Mey, 1993
Naubates (Guenterion) prioni Enderlein, 1908
Naubates (Guenterion) pterodromi (Bedford, 1930)⇒ Nakicola mesitinus Mey, 1993
Naubates (Naubates) harrisoni Bedford, 1930
Nesiotinus demersus Kellogg, 1903
Olivinirmus agadirensis Mey, 2017
Ornithobius bucephalus Giebel, 1874
Ornithobius rostratus (Rudow, 1866)⇒ Acidoproctus rostratus Rudow, 1866
Oxylipeurus gutterae Tendeiro, 1965
Paraclisis diomedeae J.C. Fabricius, 1775
Paraclisis hyalina Neumann, 1911
Paraclisis obscura Rudow, 1869
Pectinopygus acutifrons Rudow, 1869
Pectinopygus afer Kellogg, 1910
Pectinopygus bassani O. Fabricius, 1780
Pectinopygus garbei Pessôa & Gu..., 1935
Pectinopygus gyricornis Denny, 1842
Pelmatocerandra setosa Giebel, 1876
Perineus circumfasciatus Kéler, 1957
Perineus concinnoides Kéler, 1957
Perineus macronecti Palma & Pilgrim, 1988
Philoceanus becki Kellogg, 1903
Philoceanus fasciatus Carriker, 1958
Philopterus coarctatus trigonophorus Stephens, 1829
Philopterus dreophila Mey, 2004
Philopterus leptomelas Nitzsch, 1866
Philopterus nigellatus Mey, 2004
Philopterus turdi Denny, 1842
Priceiella koka Bush, 2017
Quadraceps assimilis Piaget, 1890
Quadraceps auratus Haan, 1829
Quadraceps caspius Giebel, 1874
Quadraceps ellipticus Nitzsch, 1866
Quadraceps giebeli Eichler, 1951
Quadraceps hemichrous Nitzsch, 1866
Quadraceps kilimandjarensis Kellogg, 1910
Quadraceps macrocephalus Waterston, 1914
Quadraceps normifer Kellogg, 1914
Quadraceps normifer normifer Grube, 1851
Quadraceps nycthemerus Burmeister, 1838
Quadraceps sellatus Burmeister, 1838
Quadraceps semifissus Nitzsch, 1866
Quadraceps signatus Piaget, 1880
Quadraceps strepsilaris Denny, 1842
Rallicola (Rallicola) centropus Tendeiro, 1960
Rallicola (Rallicola) cuspidatus Scopoli, 1763
Rallicola (Rallicola) fulicae Denny, 1842
Rallicola (Rallicola) hoogstraali Emerson, 1955
Rallicola (Rallicola) lugens Giebel, 1874
Rallicola (Rallicola) thompsoni Tendeiro, 1965
Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) cephalus Denny, 1842
Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) conica Denny, 1842
Saemundssonia conica conica Denny, 1842
Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) desolata Timmermann, 1959
Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) gaini Neumann, 1913
Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) haematopi Linnaeus, 1758
Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) laticaudata Rudow, 1869
Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) melanocephalus Burmeister, 1838
Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) platygaster Denny, 1842
Saemundssonia platygaster platygaster Denny, 1842
Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) scolopacisphaeopodis Schrank, 1803
Saemundssonia scolopacisphaeopodis scolopacisphaeopodis Schrank, 1803
Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) sternae Linnaeus, 1758
Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) thalassidromae Denny, 1842
Saemundssonia thalassidromae incisa Timmermann, 1950
Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) tringae O. Fabricius, 1780
Saemundssonia peusi Eichler, 1949
Strigiphilus (Eichlerius) cursitans Nitzsch, 1861
Strigiphilus chilensis (Carriker, 1966)⇒ Strigiphilus oculatus Rudow, 1870
Strigiphilus garylarsoni Clayton, 1990
Sturnidoecus acuminatus Piaget, 1888
Sturnidoecus australafricanus Bush, 2017
Sturnidoecus porphyrogenitus Bush, 2017
Sturnidoecus ruficeps Nitzsch, 1866
Sturnidoecus somnodraco Bush, 2017
Sturnidoecus sturni Schrank, 1776
Syrrhaptoecus digonus Waterston, 1928
Syrrhaptoecus waterstoni Tendeiro, 1965
Teinomordeus entelosetus Bush, 2017
Titanomessor sexloba Bush, 2017
Trabeculus hexakon Waterston, 1914
Trabeculus mirabilis Kellogg, 1896
Trabeculus schillingi Rudow, 1866
Trichophilopterus babakotophilus Stobbe, 1913
Tyranniphilopterus beckeri Mey, 2004

Subnodes of Philopteroidea with occurrences in Africa
FamilyPhilopteridae
Burmeister, 1830
66
194
Genera
Species

Taxom