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 " * "
Upupidae - Hoope
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Upupa Linnaeus, 1758
Upupa epops Linnaeus, 1758 - Hoopoe
Menacanthus fertilis (Nitzsch, 1866) *
Upupicola upupae (Schrank, 1803) *
Last revised:
10 September, 2003
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