Strigiphilus
Genus of lice
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Strigiphilus is a genus of chewing lice in the suborder Ischnocera. It was circumscribed in 1910 by Eric Mjöberg.[1]
| Strigiphilus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Infraorder: | Phthiraptera |
| Family: | Philopteridae |
| Genus: | Strigiphilus Mjöberg, 1910[1] |
| Type species | |
| Docophorus heterocerus Grube, 1851 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Taxonomic history
Mjöberg initially circumscribed Strigiphilus as a subgenus of the genus he referred to as Docophorus[6] (now known as Philopterus).
In a 1966 paper, Theresa Clay recognized 29 species and grouped them into these nine species groups:[7]
- S. crenulatus group (Giebel, 1874)
- S. cursitans group (Nitzsch, 1861) - largest number of species[8]
- S. cursor group (Burmeister, 1838)
- S. heterocerus group (Grube, 1851)
- S. ketupae group Emerson & Elbel, 1957
- S. macrogenitalis group Emerson & Elbel, 1957
- S. rostratus group (Burmeister, 1838)
- S. siamensis group Emerson & Elbel, 1957
- S. strigis group (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Hosts
Strigiphilus is the only genus of the Ischnocera to exclusively parasitize owls.[9]: 340
Species
As of 2017[update], about 50 species of Strigiphilus are known,[1] including Strigiphilus garylarsoni Clayton, 1990.[8] (cursitans group)
