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 " * "
Numididae
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Amyrsidea
Chelopistes
Clayia
Goniocotes
Goniodes
Lipeurus
Menacanthus
Menopon
Numidicola
Oxylipeurus
Somaphantus
Agelastes (Bonaparte, 1850)
- Agelastes meleagrides Bonaparte, 1850 - White-breasted Guineafowl
Amyrsidea agelastes Tendeiro, 1965 *
Clayia moucheti Emerson, 1956
Goniodes agelastes Clay, 1940 *
Lipeurus differens Piaget, 1885 *
- Agelastes niger (Cassin,1857) - Black Guineafowl
Numida Linnaeus, 1766
- Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) - Helmeted Guineafowl
Amyrsidea desousai (Kéler, 1952) *
Clayae theresae Hopkins, 1941 *
Goniocotes congolensis Tendeiro, 1989 *
Goniocotes maculatus Taschenberg, 1882
Goniodes gigas (Taschenberg, 1879)
Goniodes klockenhoffi (Tendeiro, 1988) *
Goniodes meyi (Tendeiro, 1988) *
Goniodes numidae Mjöberg, 1910 *
Goniodes reichenowii (Tendeiro, 1988) *
Lipeurus caponis (Linnaeus, 1758 )
Lipeurus numidae (Denny, 1842 ) *
Menacanthus numidae (Giebel, 1874)
Menacanthus stramineus (Nitzsch, 1818)
Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Numidicola antennatus (Kellogg and Paine, 1911 *
Somaphantus lusius Paine, 1914 *
Guttera (Wagler, 1832)
- Guttera plumifera (Cassin, 1857) - Plumed Guineafowl
Amyrsidea plumiferae Scharf and Price, 1977 *
Clayia congoensis Tendeiro, Mendes et al. 1994 *
Clayia plumifera Emerson, 1956 *
Clayia subcruizi Tendeiro, Mendes et al. 1994 *
Clayia zairensis Tendeiro, Mendes et al. 1994 *
Goniocotes plumiferae Tendeiro, 1989 *
Goniodes gigas (Taschenberg, 1879)
Goniodes gutterae (Tendeiro, 1988) *
Goniodes plumiferae (Tendeiro, 1988) *
Goniodes zairensis (Tendeiro, 1988) *
Oxylipeurus gutterae Tendeiro, 1965 *
- Guttera pucherani (Hartlaub, 1861) - Crested Guineafowl
Amyrsidea lopesi (Tendeiro, 1954)
Clayia cruzi (Tendeiro, 1955) *
Clayia mjoebergi (Cummings, 1914) *
Clayia wernecki (Tendeiro, 1954) *
Goniocotes diasi Tendeiro, 1954 *
Goniocotes hopkinsi Clay, 1940 *
Goniocotes pucherani Tendeiro, 1998 *
Goniodes bifurcus (Tendeiro, 1988) *
Goniodes inaequalis (Tendeiro, 1988) *
Goniodes schoutedenii (Tendeiro, 1988) *
Lipeurus silvai Kéler, 1952
Oxylipeurus vicentei Kéler, 1952
Acryllium (Gray, G. R., 1840)
- Acryllium vulturinum (Hardwicke, 1834) - Vulturine Guineafowl
Amyrsidea vulturini Scharf and Price, 1977 *
Clayia subtheresae Emerson, 1954 *
Goniocotes crassicauda Tendeiro, 1989 *
Goniocotes vulturini Tendeiro, 1989 *
Lipeurus raymondi Clay, 1938 *
Last revised:
20 August, 2003
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