Mammals and their associated lice
Mammal taxonomy from Wilson and Reeder, 1992
Common names, and phylogenetic sequence from 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 " * "
Primates - Primates
Cebidae - New World monkeys
Genera of lice known from the family:
Aotiella [Amblycera: Gyropidae]
Cebidicola [Ischnocera: Trichodectidae]
Pediculus [Anoplura: Pediculidae]
Alouattinae
Alouatta - Howler Monkeys
- Alouatta belzebul (Linnaeus, 1766) - Red-handed Howler Monkey
Cebidicola semiarmatus (Neumann, 1913)
Pediculus mjoebergi Ferris, 1916 (host sp. ?)
- Alouatta caraya (Humboldt, 1812) - Black Howler Monkey
Cebidicola semiarmatus (Neumann, 1913)
Pediculus mjoebergi Ferris, 1916 (host sp. ?)
- Alouatta coibensis Thomas, 1902 - Coiba Howler Monkey
- Alouatta fusca (E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1812) - Brown Howler Monkey
- Alouatta palliata (Gray, 1849) - Mantled Howler Monkey
Pediculus mjoebergi Ferris, 1916 (host sp. ?)
- Alouatta pigra Lawrence, 1933 - Mexican Black Howler Monkey
Pediculus mjoebergi Ferris, 1916 (host sp. ?)
- Alouatta sara Elliot, 1910 - Bolivian Red Howler Monkey
- Alouatta seniculus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Red Howler Monkey
Cebidicola armatus (Neumann, 1913)
Cebidicola extrarius Werneck, 1950
Cebidicola semiarmatus (Neumann, 1913) *
Aotinae
Aotus - Night Monkeys
- Aotus azarai (Humboldt, 1811) - Azara´s Night Monkey
Aotiella aotophilus (Ewing, 1924) *
- Aotus brumbacki Hershkovitz, 1983 - Brumback´s Night Monkey
- Aotus hershkovitzi Ramirez-Cerquera, 1983 - Hershkovitz´s Night Monkey
- Aotus infulatus (Kuhl, 1820) - Feline Night Monkey
- Aotus lemurinus (I. Geoffroy, 1843) - Lemurine Night Monkey
- Aotus miconax Thomas, 1927 - Andean Night Monkey
- Aotus nancymaae Hershkovitz, 1983 - Ma´s Night Monkey
- Aotus nigriceps Dollman, 1909 - Black-headed Night Monkey
- Aotus trivirgatus (Humboldt, 1811) - Northern Night Monkey
Aotiella hershkovitizi Price and Timm, 1995 *
- Aotus vociferans (Spix, 1823) - Noisy Night Monkey
Atelinae
Ateles - Spider Monkeys
Pediculus mjoebergi Ferris, 1916 * (host sp. ?)
- Ateles belzebuth E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1806 - White-bellied Spider Monkey
- Ateles chamek (Humboldt, 1812) - Chamek Spider Monkey
- Ateles fusciceps Gray, 1866 - Black-headed Spider Monkey
Pediculus mjoebergi Ferris, 1916 (host sp. ?)
- Ateles geoffroyi Kuhl, 1820 - Central American Spider Monkey
Pediculus mjoebergi Ferris, 1916 (host sp. ?)
- Ateles marginatus E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809 - White-wiskered Spider Monkey
- Ateles paniscus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black Spider Monkey
Pediculus mjoebergi Ferris, 1916 (host sp. ?)
Brachyteles
- Brachyteles arachnoides (E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1806) - Muriqui
Cebidicola armatus (Neumann, 1913) *
Lagothrix - Woolly Monkeys
- Lagothrix flavicauda Humboldt, 1812 - Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey
- Lagothrix lagotricha (Humboldt, 1812) - Humboldt´s Woolly Monkey
Calliceminae
Callicebus - Titis
- Callicebus brunneus (Wagner, 1842) - Brown Titi
- Callicebus caligatus (Wagner, 1842) - Booted Titi
- Callicebus cinerascens (Spix, 1823) - Ashy Titi
- Callicebus cupreus (Spix, 1823) - Coppery Titi
- Callicebus donacophilus (d´Orbigny, 1836) - olivian Titi
- Callicebus dubius Hershkovitz, 1988 - Dubius Titi
- Callicebus hoffmannsi Thomas, 1908 - Hoffmanns´ Titi
- Callicebus modestus Lönnberg, 1939 - Modest Titi
- Callicebus moloch (Hoffmannsegg, 1807) - Dusky Titi
- Callicebus oenanthe Thomas, 1924 - Andean Titi
- Callicebus olallae Lönnberg, 1939 - Olalla´s Titi
- Callicebus personatus (E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1812) - Masked Titi
- Callicebus torquatus (Hoffmannsegg, 1807) - Yellow-handed Monkey
Cebinae
Cebus - Capuchins
- Cebus albifrons (Humboldt, 1812) - White-fronted Capuchin
- Cebus apella (Linnaeus, 1758) - Brown Capuchin
Pediculus mjoebergi Ferris, 1916 (host sp. ?)
- Cebus capucinus (Linnaeus, 1758) - White-faced Capuchin
- Cebus olivaceus Schomburgk, 1848 - Weeping Capuchin
Saimiri - Squirrel Monkeys
- Saimiri boliviensis (I. Geoffroy and Blainville, 1834) - Bolivian Squirrel Monkey
- Saimiri oerstedii (Reinhardt, 1872) - Central American Squirrel Monkey
- Saimiri sciureus (Linnaeus, 1758) - South American Squirrel Monkey
- Saimiri ustus (I. Geoffroy, 1843) - Bare-eared Squirrel Monkey
- Saimiri vanzolinii Ayres, 1985 - Black Squirrel Monkey
Pitheciinae
Cacajao - Uakaris
- Cacajao calvus (I. Geoffroy, 1847) - Red Uakari
- Cacajao melanocephalus (Humboldt, 1812) - Black Uakari
Chiropotes - Bearded Sakis
- Chiropotes albinasus (I. Geoffroy and Deville, 1848) - White-nosed Bearded Saki
- Chiropotes satanas (Hoffmannsegg, 1807) - Brown-bearded Saki
Pithecia - Sakis
- Pithecia aequatorialis Hershkovitz, 1987 - Equatorial Saki
- Pithecia albicans Gray, 1860 - Buffy Saki
- Pithecia irrorata Gray, 1842 - Gray Monk Saki
- Pithecia monachus (E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1812) - Monk Saki
- Pithecia pithecia (Linnaeus, 1766) - Guianan Saki
Last revised:
13 November, 2003
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