Strigiphilus is a genus of chewing louse in the suborder Ischnocera. It was circumscribed in 1910 by Eric Mjöberg.[1]
| Strigiphilus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Family: | Philopteridae |
| Genus: | Strigiphilus Mjöberg, 1910[1] |
| Type species | |
| Docophorus heterocerus Grube, 1851
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Taxonomic history
editMjöberg initially circumscribed Strigiphilus as a subgenus of the genus he referred to as Docophorus[6] (now known as Philopterus).
In a 1966 paper, Theresa Clay recognized 29 species and grouped them into the following nine species groups:[7]
- 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.[8]
Hosts
editStrigiphilus is the only genus of Ischnocera to exclusively parasitize owls.[9]: 340
Species
editAs of 2017[update], there are approximately fifty species of Strigiphilus.[1] Species include:
- Strigiphilus garylarsoni Clayton, 1990[8] (cursitans group)
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Strigiphilus Mjöberg, E.". Phthiraptera.info. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ Złotorzycka, Jadwiga (1974). "Revision der europäischen Strigiphilini (Mallophaga, Strigiphilinae)" (PDF). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne. 44: 328–345.
- ^ Ewing, H. E. (1926). "Some recent generic derivatives of the mallophagan genus Philopterus Nitzsch (Philopteridae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 28 (6): 148.
- ^ Kéler, Stefan (1939). "Zur Kenntnis der Mallophagen-Fauna Polens". Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde. 11 (1): 53. doi:10.1007/BF02122077. S2CID 11227526.
- ^ Eichler, Wolfdietrich (1949). "Phthirapterorum nova genera" (PDF). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 79 (1–2): 13.
- ^ Mjöberg, Eric (1910). "Studien über Mallophagen und Anopluren". Arkiv för Zoologi. 6 (13): 132–133.
- '^ Clay, Theresa (1966). "A New Species of Strigiphilus(Philopteridae: Mallophaga)" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 8 (4): 835–847.
- ^ a b Clayton, Dale H. (1990). "Host Specificity of Strigiphilus Owl Lice (Ischnocera: Philopteridae), with the Description of New Species and Host Associations" (PDF). Journal of Medical Entomology. 27 (3): 257–265. doi:10.1093/jmedent/27.3.257. PMID 2332870.
- ^ Clayton, Dale H.; Price, Roger D. (1984). "Taxonomy of the Strigiphilus cursitans Group (Ischnocera: Philopteridae), Parasites of Owls (Strigiformes)" (PDF). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 77 (4): 340–363. doi:10.1093/aesa/77.4.340.
Further reading
edit- Clay, Theresa (1975). "The macrogenitalis group of Strigiphilus (Philopteridae: Phthiraptera)" (PDF). Journal of Entomology. Series B, Taxonomy. 43 (2): 139–147. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1975.tb00124.x.
- Clay, Theresa (1977). "The Strigiphilus cursitans Group (Phthiraptera: Insecta)" (PDF). Records of the Queen Victoria Museum. 56: 1–4.
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