Birds and their associated Chewing Lice
Avian taxonomy Howard and Moore, 3rd. Edition, 2003
Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C. Dalgleish.
conventions:
Extinct, or so assumed. = †
Type species of host genus in bold
Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "
Stercorariidae - Skuas
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Austromenopon [Menoponidae]
Haffneria [Philopteridae]
Quadraceps [Philopteridae]
Saemundssonia [Philopteridae]
Stercorarius Brisson, 1760
- Stercorarius chilensis Bonaparte, 1857 - Chilean Skua
Austromenopon fuscofasciatum (Piaget, 1880)
Haffneria grandis (Piaget, 1880)
Quadraceps alpha (Kellogg, 1914)
Saemundssonia euryrhyncha (Giebel, 1874)
- Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders, 1893 - South Polar Skua
Austromenopon fuscofasciatum (Piaget, 1880)
Haffneria grandis (Piaget, 1880)
Quadraceps alpha (Kellogg, 1914)
Saemundssonia euryrhyncha (Giebel, 1874)
- Stercorarius antarcticus (Lesson, 1831) - Brown Skua/ Southern Skua
Austromenopon fuscofasciatum (Piaget, 1880)
Haffneria grandis (Piaget, 1880)
Quadraceps alpha (Kellogg, 1914) *
Saemundssonia euryrhyncha (Giebel, 1874)
- Stercorarius skua (Brunnich, 1764) - Great Skua
Haffneria grandis (Piaget, 1880)
Quadraceps stellaepolaris Timmermann, 1952
Saemundssonia euryrhyncha (Giebel, 1874)
- Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815) - Pomarine Skua
Austromenopon fuscofasciatum (Piaget, 1880)
Haffneria grandis (Piaget, 1880)
Quadraceps stellaepolaris Timmermann, 1952 *
Saemundssonia euryrhyncha (Giebel, 1874)
- Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Arctic Skua/ Parasitic Jaeger
Austromenopon fuscofasciatum (Piaget, 1880)
Haffneria grandis (Piaget, 1880)
Quadraceps normifer (Grube, 1851) *
Saemundssonia cephalus (Denny, 1841) *
- Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819 - Long-tailed Jaeger
Austromenopon fuscofasciatum (Piaget, 1880)
Haffneria grandis (Piaget, 1880)
Quadraceps parvopallidus (Eichler, 1951) *
Saemundssonia inexspectata Timmermann, 1951
Last revised: 1 September, 2003
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