Birds and their associated Chewing Lice
Avian taxonomy Howard and Moore, 3rd. Edition, 2003
Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C. Dalgleish.
conventions:
- Extinct = †
- Type species of host genus in bold
- Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "
Phaethontidae - Tropicbirds
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Austromenopon [Menoponidae]
Saemundssonia [Philopteridae]
Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758
- Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758 - Red-billed Tropicbird
Austromenopon beckii (Kellogg, 1906) *
Saemundssonia phaetona (Osborn, 1890) *
- Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783 - Red-tailed Tropicbird
Austromenopon beckii (Kellogg, 1906)
Saemundssonia hexagona (Giebel, 1874) *
- Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802 - White-tailed Tropicbird
Austromenopon beckii (Kellogg, 1906)
Saemundssonia uppalensis (Rudow, 1870)
Last revised: 30 August, 2003
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