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 " * "
Heliornithidae - Finfoots and Sungrebe
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Fulicoffula [Philopteridae]
Pseudomenopon [Menoponidae]
Podica Lesson, 1831
- Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817) - African Finfoot
Fulicoffula rotundata (Piaget, 1888)
Pseudomenopon pilosum (Scopoli, 1763)
Heliopais Sharpe, 1893
- Heliopais personatus Gray, G. R., 1849 - Masked Finfoot
Fulicoffula personata Emerson and Price, 1967 *
Heliornis Bonnaterre, 1791
- Heliornis fulica (Boddaert, 1783) - Sungrebe
Fulicoffula heliornis Carriker, 1953 *
Pseudomenopon carrikeri Price, 1974 *
Last revised:
31 August, 2003
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