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 " * "

Scopidae - Hammerkop

Genera of chewing lice known from the family:

Austromenopon [Menoponidae]
Colpocephalum [Menoponidae]
Quadraceps [Philopteridae]

Scopus Brisson, 1760

Scopus umbretta Gmelin, 1789 - Hammerkop

Austromenopon madagascariensis (Mjöberg, 1910) *
Colpocephalum scopinum Mjöberg, 1910 *
Colpocephalum smithi Clay, 1964 *
Quadraceps umbrinus (Nitzsch, 1866) *

Last revised: 30 August, 2003

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