• Source: Strigiphilus

      • Strigiphilus is a genus of chewing louse in the suborder Ischnocera. It was circumscribed in 1910 by Eric Mjöberg.


      Taxonomic history


      Mjöberg initially circumscribed Strigiphilus as a subgenus of the genus he referred to as Docophorus (now known as Philopterus).
      In a 1966 paper, Theresa Clay recognized 29 species and grouped them into the following nine species groups:

      Strigiphilus rostratus (Burmeister, 1838) group
      Strigiphilus heterocerus (Grube, 1851) group
      Strigiphilus cursor (Burmeister, 1838) group
      Strigiphilus crenulatus (Giebel, 1874) group
      Strigiphilus macrogenitalis Emerson & Elbel, 1957 group
      Strigiphilus strigis (Pontoppidan, 1763) group
      Strigiphilus siamensis Emerson & Elbel, 1957 group
      Strigiphilus ketupae Emerson & Elbel, 1957 group
      Strigiphilus cursitans (Nitzsch, 1861) group
      The largest group is the S. curstans group.


      Hosts


      Strigiphilus is the only genus of Ischnocera to exclusively parasitize owls.: 340 


      Species


      As of 2017, there are approximately fifty species of Strigiphilus. Species include:

      Strigiphilus garylarsoni Clayton, 1990 (cursitans group)


      References




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