Birds and their 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 " * "
Cracidae
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Amyrsidea Ewing, 1927. TYPE: Menopon ventrale Nitzsch [Menoponidae]
Chelopistes Kéler, 1939. TYPE: Philopterus stylifer Nitzsch [Philopteridae]
Menacanthus Neumann, 1912. TYPE: Menopon robustum Kellogg [Menoponidae]
Labidicotes Kéler,1939. TYPE: Goniocotes guttatus Taschenberg [Philopteridae]
Oxylipeurus Mjöberg, 1910. TYPE: Lipeurus inaequalis Piaget [Philopteridae]
Ortalis Merrem, 1786
- Ortalis vetula (Wagler, 1830) - Plain Chachalaca
Chelopistes texanus Emerson, 1960 *
Amyrsidea spicula Carriker, 1950 *
Oxylipeurus chiniri Carriker, 1944
- Ortalis cinereiceps Gray, G.R .,1867 - Grey-headed Chachalaca
Chelopistes latifrons (Carriker, 1945)
Oxylipeurus costaricensis Carriker, 1944 *
- Ortalis garrula (Humboldt,1805) - Chestnut- winged Chachalaca
Amyrsidea garruli Carriker, 1950 *
Amyrsidea sixiola Carriker, 1950 *
Chelopistes latifrons (Carriker, 1945)
Menacanthus ortalidis (Carriker, 1903) *
Oxylipeurus postemarginatus (Carriker, 1903) *
Oxylipeurus garrulae Carriker, 1944 *
- Ortalis ruficauda (Jardine, 1847) - Rufous-vented Chachalaca
Amyrsidea garuli Carriker, 1950 *
Chelopistes latifrons (Carriker, 1945)
Labidicotes guttatus (Taschenberg, 1882)
Oxylipeurus ruficaudatus Carriker, 1967 *
Oxylipeurus tenuicapitis Carriker, 1944 *
- Ortalis erythroptera (Sclater, P. L. & Salvin, 1870) - Rufous-headed Chachalaca
- Ortalis wagleri (Gray, G. R., 1867) - Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
- Ortalis poliocephala (Wagler, 1830) - West Mexican Chachalaca
Amyrsidea wagleri (Carriker, 1967) *
Chelopistes latifrons (Carriker, 1945) *
Labidicotes guttatus (Taschenberg, 1882)
Menacanthus aburris Carriker, 1946 *
Menacanthus cornuceps Hopkins 1950 *
Menacanthus setifer Hopkins 1950 *
Oxylipeurus craxae Carriker, 1944
- Ortalis canicollis (Wagler, 1830) - Chaco Chachalaca
Oxylipeurus paraguayensis Carriker, 1967 *
- Ortalis leucogastra (Gould, 1843) - White-bellied Chachalaca
- Ortalis guttata (Spix, 1825) - Specled Chachalaca
Oxylipeurus araucuanus Carriker, 1967 *
Oxylipeurus huilensis Carriker, 1967 *
- Ortalis motmot (Linnaeus,1766) - Little Chachalaca
Amyrsidea caquetae Carriker, 1967 *
Amyrsidea pauxis Carriker, 1950
Chelopistes latifrons (Carriker, 1945) *
Chelopistes phasiani (Fabricius, J.C., 1777)
Oxylipeurus angustifrons Carriker, 1944 *
Oxylipeurus caquetae Carriker, 1967 *
Oxylipeurus chiniri Carriker, 1944 *
- Ortalis superciliaris Gray, G R., 1867 - Buff-browed Chachalaca
Penelope Merrem, 1786
- Penelope argyrotis (Bonaparte, 1856) - Band-tailed Guan
Amyrsidea semicracis Carriker, 1950
Chelopistes stigmatus (Carriker, 1945) *
Menacanthus albicaudus Carriker, 1946 *
Menacanthus cornuceps Hopkins, 1950 *
Oxylipeurus quadripapulus Carriker, 1944 *
- Penelope barbata Chapman, 1921 - Bearded Guan
- Penelope ortoni Salvin, 1874 - Baudo Guan
- Penelope montagnii (Bonaparte, 1856) - Andean Guan
Chelopistes oculari (Carriker, 1945)
Chelopistes pilosus (Carriker, 1945) *
Labidicotes guttatus (Taschenberg, 1882)
Menacanthus montagnii Carriker, 1946 *
Oxylipeurus quinimammulus Carriker, 1944 *
- Penelope marail (Statius Müller 1776) - Marail Guan
Amyrsidea aburris Carriker, 1950
Chelopistes bicolor (Rudow, 1869) *
- Penelope superciliaris Temminck, 1815 - Rusty-margined Guan
- Penelope dabbenei Hellmayr & Conover, 1942 - Red-faced Guan
Menacanthus fasciatus Carriker, 1946 *
- Penelope purpurascens Wagler, 1830 - Crested Guan
Amyrsidea purpurascens Carriker, 1950 *
Chelopistes oculari (Carriker, 1945) *
Menacanthus curnuceps Hopkins, 1950
Menacanthus genitalis Carriker, 1946 *
Oxylipeurus penelope Clay, 1938 *
Oxylipeurus sinemammulus Carriker, 1944 *
- Penelope perspicax Bangs,1911 - Cauca Guan
- Penelope albipennis Taczanowski, 1878 - White-winged Guan
- Penelope jacquacu Spix, 1825 - Spix´s Guan
Amyrsidea jacquacu Carriker, 1950 *
Chelopistes jacquacu (Carriker, 1967) *
Menacanthus chaparensis Carriker 1946 *
Menacanthus samaipatae Carriker 1946 *
- Penelope obscura Temminck, 1815 - Dusky-legged Guan
Amyrsidea aburris Carriker, 1950
Chelopistes oculari (Carriker, 1945)
Oxylipeurus bridgesi Carriker, 1944 *
- Penelope pileata Wagler, 1830 - White-crested Guan
- Penelope ochrogaster Pelzeln, 1870 - Chestnut-bellied Guan
- Penelope jacucaca Spix, 1825 - White-browed Guan
Pipile Bonaparte, 1856
- Pipile pipile (Jacquin, 1784) - Trinidad Piping Guan
Amyrsidea pauxis Carriker, 1950
Labidicotes guttatus (Taschenberg, 1882) *
- Pipile cumanensis (Jacquin, 1784) - Blue-throated Piping Guan
- Pipile cujubi (Pelzeln, 1858) - Red-throated Piping Guan
Menacanthus pipilensis Carriker, 1946 *
- Pipile jacutinga (Spix, 1825) - Black-fronted Piping Guan
Aburria (Reichenbach, 1853)
- Aburria aburri (Lesson, 1828) - Wattled Guan
Amyrsidea aburris Carriker, 1950 *
Menacanthus aburris Carriker, 1946 *
Menacanthus setifer Hopkins 1950 *
Chamaepetes Wagler, 1832
- Chamaepetes unicolor Salvin, 1867 - Black Guan
Amyrsidea pauxis Carriker, 1950
Chelopistes costaricensis (Carriker, 1945) *
Labidicotes guttatus (Taschenberg, 1882)
Menacanthus latus Carriker, 1946 *
- Chamaepetes goudotii (Lesson, 1828) - Sickle-winged Guan
Amyrsidea aburris Carriker, 1950
Chelopistes chamaepetes (Carriker, 1945) *
Chelopistes subquadratus (Carriker, 1945)
Labidicotes guttatus (Taschenberg, 1882)
Menacanthus cincinnatus Carriker 1946 *
Menacanthus cornuceps Hopkins 1950
Penelopina Reichenbach, 1861
- Penelopina nigra (Fraser, 1852) - Highland Guan
Chelopistes rotundus (Rudow, 1869) *
Labidicotes guttatus (Taschenberg, 1882)
Oreophasis Gray, G. R., 1844
- Oreophasis derbianus Gray, G. R., 1844 - Horned Guan
Chelopistes extimius (Rudow, 1869) *
Nothocrax Burmeister, 1856
- Nothocrax urumutum (Spix, 1825) - Nocturnal Curassow
Mitu Lesson, 1831
- Mitu tomentosum (Spix, 1825) - Crestless Curassow
- Mitu salvini (Reinhardt, 1879) - Salvin´s Curassow
- Mitu tuberosum (Spix, 1825) - Razor-billed Curassow
- Mitu mitu (Linnaeus, 1766) - Alagoas Curassow
Amyrsidea mituensis (Carriker, 1954) *
Labidicotes guttatus (Taschenberg, 1882)
Menacanthus mituensis Carriker, 1946 *
Oxylipeurus rhynchoti (Carriker, 1936) *
Pauxi Temminck, 1813
- Pauxi pauxi (Linnaeus, 1766) - Helmeted Curassow
Amyrsidea pauxis Carriker, 1950
Chelopistes longipes (Piaget, 1880) *
Amyrsidea pauxis Carriker, 1950 *
Menacanthus pauxensis Carriker, 1946 *
Oxylipeurus pauxus Carriker, 1944 *
- Pauxi unicornis Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1939 - Southern Helmeted Curassow
Amyrsidea pauxis Carriker, 1950
Crax Linnaeus, 1758
- Crax rubra Linnaeus, 1758 - Great Curassow
Amyrsidea rubra Carriker, 1950 *
Oxylipeurus globicerus Carriker, 1944 *
- Crax alberti Fraser, 1852 - Blue-billed Curassow
Amyrsidea simplex Carriker, 1950 *
Chelopistes craxae (Carriker, 1945) *
Labidicotes guttatus (Taschenberg, 1882)
Menacanthus annuliventer Hopkins, 1950 *
Oxylipeurus craxae Carriker, 1944 *
- Crax daubentoni Gray, G.R., 1867 - Yellow-knobbed Curassow
Amyrsidea simplex Carriker, 1950
- Crax alector Linnaeus, 1766 - Black Curassow
Amyrsidea pauxis Carriker, 1950
Amyrsidea steineri Price and Emerson, 1965 *
Menacanthus cornuceps Hopkins 1950
Oxylipeurus spangleri Price and Emerson, 1965 *
- Crax globulosa Spix, 1825 - Wattled Curassow
Amyrsidea cracis (Giebel, 1866)
Labidicotes kourii Tendeiro, 1975 *
Oxylipeurus concolor (Rudow, 1869) *
- Crax fasciolata Spix, 1825 - Bare-faced Curassow
Amyrsidea rogersi Scharf and Emerson, 1984 *
- Crax blumenbachii Spix, 1825 - Red-billed Curassow
Last revised:
20 August, 2003
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