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]
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| Dorsal view of male A. uniseriatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Family: | Menoponidae |
| Genus: | Actornithophilus Ferris, 1916[1] |
| Type species | |
| Colpocephalum uniseriatum Piaget, 1880
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| Synonyms[2][3]: 192 | |
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Species
editAs of 2017[update], 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
edit- ^ a b Ferris, G. F. (1916). "Some Generic Groups in the Mallophagan Family". The Canadian Entomologist. 48 (9): 303–305. doi:10.4039/Ent48301-9. S2CID 85793411. BHL page 2160050.
- ^ a b c "Actornithophilus Ferris, G.F.". phthiraptera.info. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Balát, František (1953). "Všenky rodu Actornithophilus Ferris 1916 z bahňáků". Zoologické a Entomologické Listy. 2: 96, 104.
- ^ 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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