Actornithophilus

Genus of lice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Actornithophilus is a genus of louse in the family Amblycera.[2] It was circumscribed by Gordon Floyd Ferris in 1916.[1] Its species are ectoparasites of birds in the order Charadriiformes.[3]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Psocodea
Infraorder:Phthiraptera
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Actornithophilus
Dorsal view of male A. uniseriatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Infraorder: Phthiraptera
Family: Menoponidae
Genus: Actornithophilus
Ferris, 1916[1]
Type species
Colpocephalum uniseriatum
Piaget, 1880
Synonyms[2][3]:192
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Species

As of 2017, the following species are recognized:[2]

  • A. ardeolae Timmermann, 1954
  • A. bicolor (Piaget, 1880)
  • A. canuti Price & Leibovitz, 1969
  • A. ceruleus (Timmermann, 1954)
  • A. crinitus Clay, 1962
  • A. erinaceus Timmermann, 1954
  • A. flumineus Clay, 1962
  • A. gracilis (Piaget, 1880)
  • A. grandiceps (Piaget, 1880)
  • A. himantopi Blagoveshtchensky, 1951
  • A. hoplopteri (Mjöberg, 1910)
  • A. incisus (Piaget, 1880)
  • A. kilauensis (Kellogg & Chapman, 1902)
  • A. lacustris Clay, 1962
  • A. limarius Clay, 1962
  • A. limosae (Kellogg, 1908)
  • A. lyallpurensis Ansari, 1955
  • A. mexicanus Emerson, 1953
  • A. multisetosus Blagoveshtchensky, 1940
  • A. nodularis Martinho Guimarães, 1988
  • A. ocellatus (Rudow, 1869)
  • A. ochraceus (Nitzsch, 1818)
  • A. paludosus Clay, 1962
  • A. patellatus (Piaget, 1890)
  • A. pauliani Séguy, 1953
  • A. pediculoides (Mjöberg, 1910
  • A. piceus (Denny, 1842)
  • A. pustulosus (Piaget, 1880)
  • A. sabulosus Clay, 1962
  • A. sedes Eichler, 1944
  • A. spinulosus (Piaget, 1880)
  • A. stictus (Kellogg & Paine, 1911)
  • A. tetralicis Clay, 1962
  • A. totani (Schrank, 1803)
  • A. umbrinus (Burmeister, 1838)
  • A. uniseriatus (Piaget, 1880)

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