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 " * "

Pteroclididae - Sandgrouse

Genera of chewing lice known from the family:

Neomenopon [Menoponidae]
Syrrhaptoecus [Philopteridae]

Syrrhaptes Illiger, 1811

Syrrhaptes tibetanus Gould, 1850 - Tibetan Sandgrouse

Syrrhaptoecus tibetanus Waterston, 1928 *

Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Pallas, 1773) - Pallas's Sandgrouse

Syrrhaptoecus bedfordi Waterston, 1928 *
Syrrhaptoecus paradoxus (Rudow, 1869) *

Pterocles Temminck, 1815

Pterocles alchata (Linnaeus, 1766) - Pin-tailed Sandgrouse

Syrrhaptoecus alchatae (Rudow, 1869) *
Syrrhaptoecus paradoxus (Rudow, 1869) *

Pterocles namaqua (Gmelin, 1789) - Namaqua Sandgrouse

Neomenopon pteroclurus Bedford, 1920 *
Syrrhaptoecus brevifrons Waterston, 1928
Syrrhaptoecus digonus Waterston, 1928 *

Pterocles exustus Temminck, 1825 - Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

Syrrhaptoecus emahusaini Ansari, 1947 *
Syrrhaptoecus falcatus Waterston, 1928 *

Pterocles senegallus (Linnaeus, 1771) - Spotted Sandgrouse
Pterocles orientalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black-bellied Sandgrouse

Syrrhaptoecus pallais Waterston, 1928 *
Syrrhaptoecus waterstoni Tendeiro, 1965 *

Pterocles gutturalis Smith,A, 1836 - Yellow-throated Sandgrouse

Syrrhaptoecus uncinosus Waterston, 1928 *

Pterocles coronatus Lichtenstein, 1823 - Crowned Sandgrouse

Syrrhaptoecus brevifrons Waterston, 1928 *
Syrrhaptoecus mitratus Waterston, 1928 *

Pterocles decoratus Cabanis, 1868 - Black-faced Sandgrouse
Pterocles personatus Gould, 1843 - Madagascar Sandgrouse

Syrrhaptoecus obtusus Waterston, 1928 *

Pterocles lichtensteinii Temminck, 1825 - Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
Pterocles indicus (Gmelin, 1789) - Painted Sandgrouse

Syrrhaptoecus angulatus Waterston, 1928 *

Pterocles quadricinctus Temminck, 1815 - Four-banded Sandgrouse

Syrrhaptoecus brevifrons Waterston, 1928
Syrrhaptoecus excisus Waterston, 1928 *

Pterocles bicinctus Temminck, 1815 - Double-banded Sandgrouse

Syrrhaptoecus declivis Waterston, 1928 *

Pterocles burchelli Sclater,WL, 1922 - Burchell´s Sandgrouse

Last revised: 1 September, 2003

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