Birds and their associated Chewing Lice
Avian taxonomy Howard and Moore, 3rd. Edition, 2003
Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C. Dalgleish.
conventions:
Host probably extinct = †
Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "
Indicatoridae - Honeyguides
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Penenirmus [Philopteridae]
Prodotiscus Sundevall, 1850
- Prodotiscus insignis (Cassin, 1856) - Cassin's Honeyguide
- Prodotiscus zambesiae Shelley, 1894 - Green-backed Honeyguide
- Prodotiscus regulus Sundevall, 1850 - Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Melignomon Reichenow, 1898
- Melignomon zenkeri Reichenow, 1898 - Zenker's Honeyguide
- Melignomon eisentrauti Louette, 1981 - Yellow-footed Honeyguide
Indicator Stephens, 1815
- Indicator pumilio Chapin, 1958 - Dwarf Honeyguide
- Indicator willcocksi Alexander, 1901 - Willcocks's Honeyguide
- Indicator meliphilus (Oberholser, 1905) - Pallid Honeyguide
- Indicator exilis (Cassin, 1856) - Least Honeyguide
- Indicator conirostris (Cassin, 1856) - Thick-billed Honeyguide
- Indicator minor Stephens, 1815 - Lesser Honeyguide
- Indicator maculatus Gray, G. R., 1847 - Spotted Honeyguide
- Indicator variegatus Lesson, 1830 - Scaly-throated Honeyguide
- Indicator xanthonotus Blyth, 1842 - Yellow-rumped Honeyguide
- Indicator archipelagicus Temminck, 1832 - Malaysian Honeyguide
- Indicator indicator (Sparrman, 1777) - Greater Honeyguide
Penenirmus marginatus Tendeiro, 1958 *
Melichneutes Reichenow, 1910
- Melichneutes robustus (Bates, 1909) - Lyre-tailed Honeyguide
Last revised:
10 September, 2003
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