Birds and their associated Chewing Lice
Avian taxonomy Howard and Moore, 3rd. Edition, 2003
Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C. Dalgleish.
conventions:
- Extinct = †
- Type species of host genus in bold
- Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "
Ciconiidae
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Ardeicola
Ciconiphilus
Colpocephalum
Laemobothrion
Neophilopterus
Mycteria Linnaeus, 1758
- Mycteria americana Linnaeus, 1758 - Wood Stork
Ardeicola loculator (Giebel, 1874) *
Ciconiphilus quadripustulatus (Burmeister, 1838)
Colpocephalum mycteriae Price and Beer, 1965 *
Colpocephalum scalariforme Rudow, 1866 *
Neophilopterus heteropygus (Nitzsch, 1874) *
- Mycteria cinerea (Raffles, 1822) - Milky Stork
Ardeicola praelongus (Piaget, 1880) *
Neophilopterus indicus (Piaget, 1880) *
- Mycteria ibis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Yellow-billed Stork
Ardeicola keleri Kumar and Tandan, 1971 *
Ciconiphilus matosi (Tendeiro, 1958) *
Colpocephalum fradei Tendeiro, 1958 *
Neophilopterus sarae Tendeiro, 1958 *
- Mycteria leucocephala (Pennant, 1769) - Painted Stork
Ardeicola tantali (Fabricius, J. C., 1798) *
Ciconiphilus matosi (Tendeiro, 1958)
Colpocephalum leucocephali Price and Beer, 1965 *
Neophilopterus phillipsi Hajela, 1970 *
Anastomus Bonnaterre, 1791
- Anastomus oscitans (Boddaert, 1783) - Asian Openbill
Ardeicola lepidus (Nitzsch, 1866) *
Ciconiphilus quadripustulatus (Burmeister, 1838)
Colpocephalum occipitale Nitzsch, 1866 *
Colpocephalum oscitansi Price and Beer, 1965 *
Neophilopterus completus (Nitzsch, 1866) *
- Anastomus lamelligerus Temminck, 1823 - African Openbill
Ardeicola signatus (Piaget, 1880) *
Ciconiphilus quadripustulatus (Burmeister, 1838)
Colpocephalum lamelligeri Price and Beer, 1965 *
Colpocephalum scharfi Price and Beer, 1965 *
Colpocephalum subsebra Bedford, 1939 *
Neophilopterus platyclypeatus (Piaget, 1871) *
Ciconia Brisson, 1760
- Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black Stork
Ardeicola maculatus (Nitzsch, 1866) *
Ciconiphilus quadripustulatus (Burmeister, 1838)
Colpocephalum nigrae Price and Beer, 1965 *
Neophilopterus tricolor (Burmeister, 1838) *
- Ciconia abdimii Lichtenstein, 1823 - Abdim´s Stork
Ardeicola bicolor (Piaget, 1888)
Ciconiphilus quadripustulatus (Burmeister, 1838)
Colpocephalum ferrisi Bedford, 1930
Colpocephalum tibiale Piaget, 1888
Neophilopterus abdunuys Bedford, 1929 *
- Ciconia episcopus (Boddaert, 1783) - Wooly-necked Stork
Ardeicola castaneus (Piaget, 1885) *
Ardeicola dissourae Kumar and Tandan, 1971
Ciconiphilus quadripustulatus (Burmeister, 1838)
Colpocephalum uchidi (Qadri, 1936) *
Neophilopterus episcopi (Kellogg, 1910) *
- Ciconia stormi (Blasius, W., 1896) - Storm´s Stork
- Ciconia maguari (Gmelin, 1789) - Maguari Stork
Ardeicola hopkinsi Kumar and Tandan, 1968 *
Ciconiphilus euxenuri Palma, 1978 *
Ciconiphilus quadripustulatus (Burmeister, 1838)
Colpocephalum maguari Palma, 1973 *
Neophilopterus subincompletus (Nitzsch, 1866) *
- Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) - European White Stork
Ardeicola ciconiae (Linnaeus, 1758) *
Ciconiphilus quadripustulatus (Burmeister, 1838) *
Colpocephalum zebra Burmeister, 1838 *
Neophilopterus incompletus (Denny, 1842) *
- Ciconia boyciana Swinhoe, 1873 - Oriental White Stork
Ephippiorhynchus Bonaparte, 1855
- Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus (Latham, 1790) - Black-necked Stork
Ardeicola asiaticus Kumar and Tandan, 1971 *
Ciconiphilus quadripustulatus (Burmeister, 1838)
Colpocephalum asiatici Price and Beer, 1965 *
Neophilopterus horridus (Giebel, 1876) *
- Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (Shaw, 1800) - Saddle-billed Stork
Ardeicola senegalensis Kumar and Tandan, 1971 *
Ciconiphilus quadripustulatus (Burmeister, 1838)
Colpocephalum oreas Kellogg, 1910 *
Jabiru Hellmayr, 1906
- Jabiru mycteria (Lichtenstein, 1819) - Jabiru
Ardeicola leucosoma Kumar and Tandan, 1968
Laemobothrion jabiruensis (Carriker, 1963) *
Neophilopterus jabiraui Carriker and Diaz-Ungria, 1961 *
Leptoptilos Lesson, 1831
- Leptoptilos javanicus (Horsfield, 1821) - Lesser Adjutant
Ardeicola hardayali Kumar and Tandan, 1969 *
Ciconiphilus temporalis (Piaget, 1880)
Colpocephalum cooki Price and Beer, 1965
Colpocephalum marabu (Eichler, 1947) *
- Leptoptilos dubius (Gmelin, 1789) - Greater Adjutant
Ciconiphilus temporalis (Piaget, 1880) *
Colpocephalum cooki Price and Beer, 1965 *
- Leptoptilos crumeniferus (Lesson, 1831) - Marabou
Ardeicola fissomaculatus (Giebel, 1874) *
Ciconiphilus africanus Bedford, 1939
Colpocephalum longissimum Rudow, 1869 *
Last revised: 20 August, 2003
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