Birds and their associated Chewing Lice

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

conventions:
Extinct = †
Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "

Cariamidae - Seriemas

Genera of chewing lice known from the family:

Colpocephalum {Menoponidae]
Heptapsogaster [Philopteridae]
Tinamotaecola [Philopteridae]

Cariama Brisson, 1760

Cariama cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Red-legged Seriema

Colpocephalum cristatae Price, 1968 *
Heptapsogaster frielingi (Eichler, 1941) *
Tinamotaecola wardi Hellenthal, Price and Timm, 2002 *

Chunga Hartlaub, 1860

Chunga burmeisteri (Hartlaub, 1860) - Black-legged Seriema

Colpocephalum cristatae Price, 1968
Heptapsogaster inexpectatus (Eichler, 1942) *

Last revised: 30 August, 2003

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