Acidoproctus
Genus of lice
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Acidoproctus is a genus of lice, in the family Philopteridae.[3] They are known to be distributed across Asia and Australasia. There are two species in New Zealand.
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| Acidoproctus kelloggi paratype | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Infraorder: | Phthiraptera |
| Family: | Philopteridae |
| Genus: | Acidoproctus Piaget, 1878[1] |
| Type species | |
| Acidoproctus marginatus Piaget (= A. rostratus), by subsequent designation | |
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Taxonomy
Acidoproctus was erected by Édouard Piaget in 1878. The type species is Acidoproctus rostratus (Rudow, 1866b).
The genus contains at least the species:
- Acidoproctus rostratus (Rudow, 1866b).
- Acidoproctus emersoni Timmermann, 1962. hosts: Dendrocygna species.
- Acidoproctus gottwaldhirschi Eichler, 1958. host: blue duck. Endemic to New Zealand.
