Mammals and their associated lice

Mammal taxonomy Wilson and Reeder, 1992
Common names, and phylogenetic sequence by Wilson and Cole, 2000
Chewing Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C Dalgleish
Anoplura taxonomy (in red) from Durden and Musser, 1994

conventions:
          Host probably extinct = †
          Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "

Paucituberculata - Shrew opossums

Caenolestidae - Shrew opossums

Genera of lice known from the family:
Cummingsia [Amblycera: Trimenoponidae]

Caenolestes - Northern Shrew Opossums

  • Caenolestes caniventer Anthony, 1921 - Gray-bellied Shrew Opossum
  • Caenolestes convelatus Anthony, 1924 - Blackish Shrew Opossum
    • Cummingsia perezi Timm and Price, 1985 *
  • Caenolestes fuliginosus (Tomes, 1863) - Silky Shrew Opossum
    • Cummingsia albujai Timm and Price, 1985 *

    Lestoros

  • Lestoros inca (Thomas, 1917) - Incan Shrew Opossum
    • Cummingsia maculata Ferris, 1922 *

    Rhyncholestes

  • Rhyncholestes raphanurus Osgood, 1924 - Chilean Shrew Opossum


    • Last revised:    13 November, 2003

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