Philopteridae
The Philopteridae are a family of Ischnocera, chewing lice. They are parasitic on birds.[1]
| Philopteridae | |
|---|---|
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| Guimaraesiella tovornikae and Sturnidoecus sp., parasites of birds | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Suborder: | Troctomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Nanopsocetae |
| Parvorder: | Phthiraptera |
| Superfamily: | Ischnocera |
| Family: | Philopteridae Nitzsch, 1818 |
| Type genus | |
| Philopterus Nitzsch, 1818 | |
| Genera | |
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Numerous, see text | |
Philopteridae are a highly diverse family with more than 2,700 described species. They probably evolved from a generalist species parasitizing water birds, with a subsequent adaptive radiation facilitated by host switching. Individual species specialize in inhabiting different parts of the body (head, body, wings). Species inhabiting the same part of the host tend to show similar morphology, even if not closely related – they show convergent evolution.[1]
Genera
Some notable species are also listed.[2]
- Acidoproctus
- Acutifrons
- Aegypoecus
- Alcedoecus
- Alcedoffula
- Anaticola
- Anatoecus
- Aquanirmus
- Ardeicola
- Ardeiphagus
- Auricotes
- Austrogoniodes
- Austrophilopterus
- Bedfordiella
- Bizarrifrons
- Bobdalglieshia
- Bothriometopus
- Brueelia
- Bucerocophorus
- Buceroemersonia
- Buceronirmus
- Bucorvellus
- Buerelius
- Campanulotes
- Capraiella
- Caracaricola
- Carduiceps
- Centropodiella
- Chelopistes
- Cirrophthirius
- Colilipeurus
- Colinicola
- Coloceras
- Columbicola
- Cotingacola
- Craspedonirmus
- Craspedorrhynchus
- Cuclotocephalus
- Cuclotogaster
- Cuculicola
- Cuculoecus
- Cummingsiella
- Dahlemhornia
- Degeeriella
- Discocorpus
- Docophorulus
- Echinophilopterus
- Emersoniella
- Episbates
- Esthiopterum Harrison, 1916
- Esthiopterum Fabricius, 1794
- Esthiopterum Scopoli, 1763
- Falcolipeurus
- Falcolius
- Forficuloecus
- Formicaphagus
- Formicaricola
- Fulicoffula
- Furnariphilus
- Galliphilopterus
- Goniocotes
- Goniodes
- Haffneria
- Halipeurus
- Harrisoniella
- Heptapsogaster
- Hopkinsiella
- Ibidoecus
- Incidifrons
- Kelloggia
- Kodocephalon
- Labicotes
- Lagopoecus
- Lamprocorpus
- Leipoiella
- Lipeurus
- Lunaceps
- Malaulipeurus
- Megaginus
- Megapeostus
- Megapodiella
- Meinertzhageniella
- Melibrueelia
- Meropoecus
- Mulcticola
- Nakicola
- Naubates
- Neophilopterus
- Neopsittaconirmus
- Nesiotinus
- Nothocotus
- Nyctibicola
- Ornicholax
- Ornithobius
- Osculotes
- Otidoecus
- Oxylipeurus
- Pachyskelotes
- Paraclisis
- Paragoniocotes
- Paroncophorus
- Passonomedea
- Pectenosoma
- Pectinopygus
- Pelmatocerandra
- Penenirmus
- Perineus
- Philoceanus
- Philopteroides
- Philopterus
- Physconella
- Physconelloides
- Picicola
- Podargoecus
- Pseudocophorus
- Pseudolipeurus
- Pseudonirmus
- Pseudophilopterus
- Psittaconirmus
- Psittoecus
- Pterocotes
- Quadraceps
- Rallicola Johnston & Harrison, 1911
- Rhopaloceras
- Rhynonirmus
- Rotundiceps
- Saemundssonia
- Saepocephalum
- Splendoroffula
- Strigiphilus
- Strongylocotes
- Struthiolipeurus
- Sturnidoecus
- Syrrhaptoecus
- Theresiella
- Tinamotaecola
- Trabeculus
- Trichodopeostus
- Trichophilopterus
- Trogoniella
- Trogoninirmus
- Turnicola
- Turturicola
- Upupicola
- Vernoniella
- Wilsoniella
References
- de Moya, Robert S. (2022). "Phylogenomics and host-switching patterns of Philopteridae (Psocodea: Phthiraptera) feather lice". International Journal for Parasitology. 52 (8): 525–537. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.03.005.
- "Family Philopteridae Nitzsch, 1818". order Psocodea: Psocodea Species File. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
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