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 " * "

Bucerotidae - Hornbills

Genera of chewing lice known from the family:

Anorrhinus Reichenbach, 1849

Tockus Lessor, 1830

Tropicranus Sclater, 1922

Ocyceros Hume, 1873

Anthracoceros Reichenbach, 1849

Buceros Linnaeus, 1758

Rhinoplax Gloger, 1841

Penelopides Reichenbach, 1949

Berenicornis Bonaparte, 1850

Aceros Gray, J. E., 1844

Rhyticeros Reichenbach, 1849

Bycanistes Cabanis and Heine, 1860

Ceratogymna Bonaparte, 1854



Last revised:    10 September, 2003

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