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 " * "
Opisthocomidae - Hoatzin
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Cuculiphilus [Menoponidae]
Hoazineus [Menoponidae]
Laemobothrion [Laemobothriidae]
Osculotes [Philopteridae]
Wilsoniella [Philopteridae]
Opisthocomus Illiger, 1811
- Opisthocomus hoazin (Statius Müller, 1776) - Hoatzin
Cuculiphilus megaspinus (Carriker, 1940) *
Hoazineus armiferus (Kellogg, 1910) *
Laemobothrion opisthocomi Cummings, 1913 *
Osculotes curta (Burmeister, 1838) *
Wilsoniella absita (Kellogg, 1910) *
Last revised:
7 September, 2003
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