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Checklist for Superfamily Philopteroidea
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
 
Ischnocera
Kellogg, 1896
2
20
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Philopterocera
1
12
24
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Philopteroidea
1
12
24
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southern Africa
1 Family width 24 Species and 3 Subspecies
Philopteridae Burmeister, 183024SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southern Africa
12 Genera with 24 Species
Acidoproctus Piaget, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Ardeicola Clay, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Austrogoniodes Harrison, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Brueelia Kéler, 20194SpeciesTaxom
Ornithobius Denny, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Pectinopygus Mjöberg, 18424SpeciesTaxom
Philopterus Nitzsch, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Quadraceps Clay & Meine..., 18385SpeciesTaxom
Rallicola Johnston & H..., 19601SpeciesTaxom
Saemundssonia Timmermann, 18033SpeciesTaxom
Sturnidoecus Eichler, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Trabeculus Rudow, 19141SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
24 Species and 3 Subspecies
Acidoproctus rostratus Rudow, 1866
Ardeicola geronticorum Brinck, 1955
Austrogoniodes demersus Kéler, 1952
Brueelia apiastri Denny, 1842
Brueelia pofadderensis Gustafsson, ..., 2019
Brueelia pseudognatha Bush, 2017
Brueelia semiscalaris Gustafsson, ..., 2019
Ornithobius rostratus (Rudow, 1866)⇒ Acidoproctus rostratus Rudow, 1866
Pectinopygus acutifrons Rudow, 1869
Pectinopygus afer Kellogg, 1910
Pectinopygus bassani O. Fabricius, 1780
Pectinopygus gyricornis Denny, 1842
Philopterus coarctatus trigonophorus Stephens, 1829
Philopterus leptomelas Nitzsch, 1866
Quadraceps kilimandjarensis Kellogg, 1910
Quadraceps macrocephalus Waterston, 1914
Quadraceps normifer Kellogg, 1914
Quadraceps normifer normifer Grube, 1851
Quadraceps sellatus Burmeister, 1838
Rallicola (Rallicola) centropus Tendeiro, 1960
Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) cephalus Denny, 1842
Saemundssonia platygaster platygaster Denny, 1842
Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) scolopacisphaeopodis Schrank, 1803
Sturnidoecus australafricanus Bush, 2017
Trabeculus hexakon Waterston, 1914

Subnodes of Philopteroidea with occurrences in Southern Africa
FamilyPhilopteridae
Burmeister, 1830
12
24
Genera
Species

Taxom