Actornithophilus

Actornithophilus
Dorsal view of male A. uniseriatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Phthiraptera
Family:Menoponidae
Genus:Actornithophilus
Ferris, 1916[1]
Type species
Colpocephalum uniseriatum
Piaget, 1880
Synonyms[2][3]:192

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]

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)

References

  1. 1 2 Ferris, G. F. (1916). "Some Generic Groups in the Mallophagan Family". The Canadian Entomologist. 48 (9): 303–305. doi:10.4039/Ent48301-9. BHL page 2160050.
  2. 1 2 3 "Actornithophilus Ferris, G.F.". phthiraptera.info. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 Clay, Theresa (1962). "A key to the species of Actornithophilus Ferris with notes and descriptions of new species". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 11 (5): 191–244. BHL page 2260199.
  4. ↑ Timmermann, G. (1954). "Studien über Mallophagen aus den Sammlungen des Britischen Museums (Nat. Hist.), London". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 12. 7 (83): 830. doi:10.1080/00222935408651797.
  5. ↑ Balát, František (1953). "Všenky rodu Actornithophilus Ferris 1916 z bahňáků". Zoologické a entomologické listy. 2: 96, 104.
  6. ↑ Złotorzycka, Jadwiga (1963). "Larithophilus gen. n. separated from Actornithophilus Ferris (Mallophaga) with a description of new and a review of known species". Acta Parasitologica Polonica. 11 (16): 223–228.


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