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 " * "
Phoenicopteridae - Flamingos
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Colpocephalum [Menoponidae]
Pectinopygus [Philopteridae]
Piagetiella [Menoponidae]
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Anaticola Clay, 1936. TYPE: Pediculus crassicornis Scopoli [Philopteridae]
Anatoecus Cummings, 1916. TYPE: Philopterus icterodes Nitzsch [Philopteridae]
Colpocephalum Nitzsch, 1818. TYPE: Colpocephalum zebra Burmeister [Menoponidae]
Trinoton Nitzsch, 1818. TYPE: Liotheum conspurcatum Nitzsch [Menoponidae]
Phoenicopterus Linnaeus, 1758
- Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus 1758 , - Greater Flamingo
Anaticola candidus (Rudow, 1869) *
Anaticola phoenicopteri (Coinde, 1859) *
Anatoecus keleri Clay, 1962 *
Anatoecus pygaspis (Nitzsch, 1866) *
Colpocephalum heterosoma Piaget, 1880 *
Colpocephalum rosei Price and Emerson, 1974 *
Colpocephalum salimalii Clay, 1951 *
Trinoton femoratum Piaget, 1889 *
- Phoenicopterus chilensis Molina, 1782 - Chilean Flamingo
Anaticola phoenicopteri (Coinde, 1859)
Anatoecus keymeri Clay, 1974 *
Colpocephalum heterosoma Piaget, 1880
Phoeniconaias G. R. Gray, 1869
- Phoeniconaias minor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E., 1798) - Lesser Flamingo
Anaticola dissonus Tandan and Brelih, 1971 *
Anaticola phoenicopteri (Coinde, 1859)
Anatoecus pygaspis (Nitzsch, 1866)
Colpocephalum heterosoma Piaget, 1880
Colpocephalum salimalii Clay, 1951
Trinoton madagascariense Tendeiro, 1967
Phoenicoparrus Bonaparte, 1856
- Phoenicoparrus andinus (Philippi, 1854) - Andean Flamingo
- Phoenicoparrus jamesi (Sclater, P. L.,1886) - James´s Flamingo
Anaticola jamesi Clay, 1974 *
Anatoecus keymeri Clay, 1974
Colpocephalum heterosoma Piaget, 1880
Last revised:
19 August, 2003
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