The Philopteridae are a

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

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 belong ...

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 ha ...

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

taxonomy Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...

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 t ...

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

paraphyletic In taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be paraphyletic ''with respect to'' the excluded subgroups. In ...

Genera

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

Anaticola ''Anaticola'' is a genus of lice belonging to the family Philopteridae The Philopteridae are a family of Ischnocera, chewing lice mostly parasitic on birds. The taxonomy and systematics of the group are in need of revision; the Philopteridae ...

'' * '' 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 The Philopteridae are a family of Ischnocera, chewing lice mostly parasitic on birds. The taxonomy and systematics of the group are in need of rev ...

'' * '' Bucerocophorus'' * '' Buceroemersonia'' * '' Buceronirmus'' * '' Bucorvellus'' * '' Buerelius'' * ''

Campanulotes ''Campanulotes'' is a genus of lice in the disputed, probably paraphyletic, family Philopteridae, the chewing lice, or in the family Goniodidae. It is mostly a genus of parasites on birds. Some species in the genus may have been cases of coext ...

'' * '' Capraiella'' * '' Caracaricola'' * '' Carduiceps'' * '' Centropodiella'' * '' Chelopistes'' * '' Cirrophthirius'' * '' Colilipeurus'' * '' Colinicola'' * '' Coloceras'' * ''

Columbicola ''Columbicola'' is a genus of lice belonging to the family Philopteridae. The species of this genus are found in Europe, Northern America, Southeastern Asia and Australia. Species Species: *'' Columbicola adamsi'' *'' Columbicola altamimia ...

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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 livin ...

'' * '' 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'' * '' Harrisoniella'' ** ''

Harrisoniella hopkinsi ''Harrisoniella hopkinsi'' is a species of phtilopterid louse that lives on and eats the feathers of albatross Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and divi ...

'' * '' Heptapsogaster'' * '' Hopkinsiella'' * '' Ibidoecus'' * '' Incidifrons'' * '' Kelloggia'' * '' Kodocephalon '' * '' Labicotes'' * '' Lagopoecus'' * '' Lamprocorpus'' * '' Leipoiella'' * '' Lipeurus'' * '' Lunaceps'' * '' Malaulipeurus'' * '' Megaginus'' * '' Megapeostus'' * '' Megapodiella'' * '' Meinertzhageniella'' * '' Melibrueelia'' * '' Meropoecus'' * '' Mulcticola'' * '' Nakicola'' * ''

Naubates ''Naubates'' is a genus 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 recognized as an order, infrao ...

'' * '' Neophilopterus'' * '' Neopsittaconirmus'' * '' Nesiotinus'' * '' 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 ''Quadraceps'' is a genus of louse. They are ectoparasites of birds in the order Charadriiformes, and the genus was circumscribed in 1939 by Theresa Clay and Richard Meinertzhagen Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO (3 March 1878 � ...

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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 ...

'' * '' Rhopaloceras'' * '' Rhynonirmus'' * '' Rotundiceps'' * '' Saemundssonia'' * '' 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 ''Docophoru ...

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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 (''Ptilo ...

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

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