Actornithophilus

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]

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

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. 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.
  2. "Actornithophilus Ferris, G.F.". phthiraptera.info. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  3. 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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