The Philopteridae are a

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Ischnocera The Ischnocera is a large superfamily of lice. They are mostly parasitic on birds, but including a large family (the Trichodectidae) parasitic on mammals. The genus '' Trichophilopterus'' is also found on mammals (lemurs), but probably belongs ...

chewing lice The Mallophaga are a possibly paraphyletic section of lice Louse ( : lice) is the common name for any member of the clade Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless parasitic insects. Phthiraptera has variously been reco ...

mostly

parasitic Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has c ...

birds Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

. The

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and

systematics Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms, phylogenetic tre ...

of the group are in need of revision; the Philopteridae are almost certainly

paraphyletic In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...

Genera

Some notable species are also listed. * '' Acidoproctus'' * '' Acutifrons'' * '' Aegypoecus'' * '' Alcedoecus'' * '' Alcedoffula'' * ''

Anaticola ''Anaticola'' is a genus of lice belonging to the family Philopteridae, which was first described in 1935 by Theresa Clay. The species of this genus are found in Europe and New Zealand. Species: *'' Anaticola angustolimbatus'' *'' Anaticola an ...

'' * '' Anatoecus'' * '' Aquanirmus'' * '' Ardeicola'' * '' Ardeiphagus'' * '' Auricotes'' * '' Austrogoniodes'' * '' Austrophilopterus'' * '' Bedfordiella'' * '' Bizarrifrons'' * '' Bobdalglieshia'' * '' Bothriometopus'' * ''

Brueelia ''Brueelia'' (formerly spelled ''Brüelia'') is a genus of lice in the family Philopteridae, containing the following species: * '' Brueelia amandavae'' Rekasi & Saxena, 2005 * '' Brueelia astrildae'' Tendeiro & Mendes, 1994 * '' Bureelia can ...

'' * '' Bucerocophorus'' * '' Buceroemersonia'' * '' Buceronirmus'' * '' Bucorvellus'' * '' Buerelius'' * '' Campanulotes'' * '' Capraiella'' * '' Caracaricola'' * '' Carduiceps'' * '' Centropodiella'' * '' Chelopistes'' * '' Cirrophthirius'' * '' Colilipeurus'' * '' Colinicola'' * '' Coloceras'' * '' Columbicola'' ** ''

Columbicola extinctus ''Columbicola extinctus'', also known as the passenger pigeon chewing louse, is an extant species of phtilopterid louse that was once believed to have been extinct with its only known host, the passenger pigeon, prior to its rediscovery living ...

'' * '' 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 ''Halipeurus'' is a genus of insects belonging to the family Philopteridae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species Species: *''Halipeurus abnormis'' *''Halipeurus angusticeps'' *''Halipeurus atlanticus'' References

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'' * '' Harrisoniella'' ** '' Harrisoniella hopkinsi'' * '' Heptapsogaster'' * '' Hopkinsiella'' * '' Ibidoecus'' * '' Incidifrons'' * ''

Kelloggia ''Kelloggia'' is a plant Genus (biology), genus in the bedstraw and madder family, Rubiaceae. Species ''The Plant List'' and the ''World Checklist of Selected Plant Families'' recognise 2 accepted species: # ''Kelloggia chinensis'' # ''Kellog ...

'' * '' Kodocephalon '' * '' Labicotes'' * '' Lagopoecus'' * '' Lamprocorpus'' * '' Leipoiella'' * '' Lipeurus'' * '' Lunaceps'' * '' Malaulipeurus'' * '' Megaginus'' * '' Megapeostus'' * '' Megapodiella'' * '' Meinertzhageniella'' * '' Melibrueelia'' * '' Meropoecus'' * '' Mulcticola'' * '' Nakicola'' * '' Naubates'' * '' Neophilopterus'' * '' Neopsittaconirmus'' * ''

Nesiotinus ''Nesiotinus'' is a genus of lice belonging to the family Philopteridae. The genus was first described in 1903 by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, and the type species is ''Nesiotinus demersus''. The species of this genus are found infesting King Penguin ...

'' * '' 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 ''Rallicola'' is a genus of chewing louse. It is an ectoparasite of rails and other birds. It was named by Thomas Harvey Johnston and Launcelot Harrison in 1911. There are two subgenera aside from the nominotypical subgenus: ''Aptericola'', whos ...

'' Johnston & Harrison, 1911 ** ''

Rallicola extinctus ''Rallicola extinctus'' is an extinct species of phtilopterid louse.Palma, R. L. (1999): Amendments and additions to the 1982 list of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from birds in New Zealand. ''Notornis'' 46(3): 373–387PDF fulltext This p ...

'' * '' Rhopaloceras'' * '' Rhynonirmus'' * '' Rotundiceps'' * ''

Saemundssonia ''Saemundssonia'' is a genus of chewing lice belonging to the family Philopteridae. These lice are parasitic on aquatic birds, especially on members of the order Charadriiformes, but also on Anseriformes, Gruiformes, Pelecaniformes and Procell ...

'' * '' Splendoroffula'' * ''

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 ...

'' ** ''

Strigiphilus garylarsoni ''Strigiphilus garylarsoni'' is a species of chewing louse found only on owls. The species has no common name. The species was first described by biologist Dale H. Clayton in 1990. Host Its type host is the Northern white-faced owl (''Ptilopsi ...

'' * '' Strongylocotes'' * '' Struthiolipeurus'' * '' Sturnidoecus'' * '' Syrrhaptoecus'' * '' Theresiella'' * '' Tinamotaecola'' * '' Trabeculus'' * '' Trichodopeostus'' * '' Trichophilopterus'' * '' Trogoniella'' * '' Trogoninirmus'' * '' Turnicola'' * '' Turturicola'' * '' Upupicola'' * '' Vernoniella'' * '' Wilsoniella''

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