Birds and their associated Chewing Lice

Avian taxonomy Howard and Moore, 3rd. Edition, 2003
Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C. Dalgleish.

conventions:
Host probably extinct = †
Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "

Brachypteraciidae - Ground Rollers

Genera of chewing lice known from the family:

Buerelius [Philopteridae]
Echinophilopterus [Philopteridae]

Brachypteracias Lafresnaye, 1834

Brachypteracias leptosomus (Lesson, 1833) - Short-legged Ground-Roller

Buerelius longiceps (Piaget, 1880) *
Buerelius subsimus Clay and Tandan, 1967 *

Geobiastes Sharpe, 1871

Geobiastes squamigera (Lafresnaye, 1838) - Scaly Ground-Roller

Atelornis Pucheran, 1846

Atelornis pittoides (Lafresnaye, 1834) - Pitta-like Ground-Roller
Atelornis crossleyi Sharpe, 1875 - Rufous-headed Ground-Roller

Uratelornis Rothschild, 1895

Uratelornis chimaera Rothschild, 1895 - Long-tailed Ground-Roller

Echinophilopterus inexpectatus Guimarães, 1980 *

Last revised: 9 September, 2003

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