Birds and their associated Chewing Lice

• Extinct = †
  
• Type species of host genus in bold
  
• Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "
  

Jacanidae - Coursers, Pratincoles

Pseudomenopon
Rallicola
Saemundssonia

Microparra Cabanis, 1877

• Microparra capensis (Smith, A., 1839) - Lesser Jacana

Actophilornis Oberholser, 1925

• Actophilornis africanus (Gmelin, 1789) - African Jacana
Pseudomenopon lanceolatum Tendeiro, 1965
Rallicola africana Timmermann, 1958 *

• Actophilornis albinucha (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,1832) - Madagascan Jacana

Irediparra Mathews, 1911

• Irediparra gallinacea (Temminck, 1828) - Comb-crested Jacana
Rallicola irediparrae Price and Emerson, 1987 *
Saemundssonia platygaster theresae Timmermann, 1962

Metopidius Wagler, 1832

• Metopidius indicus (Latham, 1790) - Bronze-winged Jacana
Pseudomenopon lanceolatum Tendeiro, 1965 *
Rallicola indicus Emerson and Elbel, 1961 *

Hydrophasianus Wagler, 1832

• Hydrophasianus chirurgus (Scopoli, 1786) - Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Pseudomenopon pilosum (Scopoli, 1763)
Rallicola sulcatus (Piaget, 1880) *

Jacana Brisson, 1760

• Jacana spinosa (Linnaeus, 1758) - Northern Jacana
• Jacana jacana (Linnaeus, 1766) - Wattled Jacana
Rallicola exiguifrons (Carriker, 1944) *
Saemundssonia platygaster theresae Timmermann, 1962 *