Birds and their associated Chewing Lice
Avian taxonomy Howard and Moore, 3rd. Edition, 2003
Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C. Dalgleish.
conventions:
Extinct, or probably so. = †
Type species of host genus in bold
Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "
Glareolidae - Coursers, Pratincoles
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Austromenopon [Menoponidae]
Quadraceps [Philopteridae]
Rediella [Menoponidae]
Cursoriinae
Pluvianus Vieillot, 1816
- Pluvianus aegyptius (Linnaeus, 1758) - Egyptian Plover
Quadraceps alexandrinus (Giebel, 1874) *
Cursorius Latham, 1790
- Cursorius cursor (Latham, 1787) - Cream-coloured Courser
Austromenopon cursorium (Giebel, 1874) *
Quadraceps latus (Nitzsch, 1866) *
- Cursorius somalensis Shelley, 1885 - Somali Courser
- Cursorius rufus Gould, 1837 - Burchell´s Courser
- Cursorius temminckii Swainson, 1822 - Temminck´s Courser
- Cursorius coromandelicus (Gmelin, J. F., 1789) - Indian Courser
Rhinoptilus Strickland, 1852
- Rhinoptilus africanus (Temminck, 1807) - Double-banded Courser
Quadraceps princeps Timmermann, 1952 *
- Rhinoptilus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863) - Heuglin´s Courser
- Rhinoptilus chalcopterus (Temminck, 1824) - Bronze-winged Courser
Quadraceps dchusteri Timmermann, 1952 *
- Rhinoptilus bitorquatus (Blyth, 1848) - Jerdon´s Courser
Glareolinae
Stiltia Gray, G. R., 1855
- Stiltia isabella (Vieillot, 1816) - Australia Pratincole
Glareola Brisson, 1760
- Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus, 1766) - Collared Pratincole
Actornithophilus sedes Eichler, 1944 *
Quadraceps ellipticus (Nitzsch, 1866) *
Quadraceps kirghizicus (Kasiev, 1982) *
- Glareola maldivarum Forster, J. R.,1795 - Oriental Pratincole
Quadraceps ellipticus (Nitzsch, 1866)
- Glareola nordmanni Fischer,1842 - Black-winged Pratincole
- Glareola ocularis Verreaux, J.,1833 - Madagascan Pratincole
Rediella mirabilis Hopkins, 1948 *
- Glareola nuchalis Gray, G. R.,1849 - Rock Pratincole
- Glareola cinerea Fraser, 1843 - Grey Pratincole
Quadraceps galachrysiae Tendeiro, 1964 *
- Glareola lactea Temminck, 1820 - Little Pratincole
Quadraceps ellipticus (Nitzsch, 1866)
Last revised: 1 September, 2003
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