Birds and their associated Chewing Lice

Avian taxonomy Howard and Moore, 3rd. Edition, 2003
Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C. Dalgleish.

conventions:
Extinct = †
Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "

Spheniscidae



Genera of chewing lice known from the family:

Aptenodytes Miller, J. F., 1778

Pygoscelis Wagler, 1832

Eudyptes Vieillot, 1816

Megadyptes Milne-Edwards, 1880

Eudyptula Bonaparte, 1856

SpheniscusBrisson, 1760



Last revised: 14 August, 2003
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