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 from Durden and Musser, 1994

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

Rodentia - Rodents

Sciuridae - Squirrels

Subfamilies
Sciurinae Pteromyinae
 
Genera of lice known from the family:
Atopophthirus [Anoplura: Enderleinellidae]
Enderleinellus [Anoplura: Enderleinellidae]
Hoplopleura [Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae]
Johnsonpthirus [Anoplura: Polyplacidae]
Linobnathoides [Anoplura: Polyplacidae]
Microphthirus [Anoplura: Enderleinellidae]
Neohaematopinus [Anoplura: Polyplacidae]
Paradoxophthirus [Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae]
Phthirunculus [Anoplura: Enderleinellidae]
Polyplax [Anoplura: Polyplacidae]
Werneckia [Anoplura: Enderleinellidae]

Sciurinae


Pteromyinae - Flying Squirrels



Last revised:    16 November, 2003

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