Colpocephalum

Colpocephalum
C. scopinum (2 ♂; 4 ♀)
C. fregili (♀; ♂)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Menoponidae
Genus: Colpocephalum
Nitzsch, 1818[1]
Type species
Colpocephalum zebra[2]
Synonyms[4]: 16 
  • Ferrisia Uchida, 1926[5] (not Fullaway, 1923)
  • Neocolpocephalum Ewing, 1933[6]
  • Corvocolpocephalum Conci, 1942[7]
  • Liothella Eichler, 1947
  • Pelecanigogus Eichler, 1949
  • Galliferrisia Ansari, 1951
And 19 more:[8]
  • Allocolpocephalum Qadri, 1939
  • Aquiligogus Eichler & Zlotorzycka, 1971
  • Blagoveshtshenskyella Eichler, 1982
  • Cariamigogus Eichler, 1952
  • Dimorphiventer Eichler, 1944
  • Falcocephalum Tendeiro, 1989
  • Galligogus Eichler, 1947
  • Gypsigogus Eichler & Zlotorzycka, 1963
  • Lanicephalum Zlotorzycka, 1964
  • Megacolpocephalum Mey, 1999
  • Picusphilus Ansari, 1951
  • Pricebeeria Eichler & Zlotorzycka, 1971
  • Pseudocolpocephalum Qadri, 1936
  • Ratitiphagus Eichler, 1949
  • Scalarisoma Kéler, 1939
  • Scopigogus Eichler, 1952
  • Talegalligogus Mey, 1982
  • Tendeiroella Eichler, 1982
  • Vulturigogus Eichler & Zlotorzycka, 1963

Colpocephalum is a genus of chewing louse.[8] Christian Ludwig Nitzsch named the genus in 1818. The Plenary Powers of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature selected Colpocephalum zebra Burmeister, 1838 as its type species in the 1950s. There are approximately 135 species in this genus, and they are ectoparasites of birds in at least a dozen different orders.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nitzsch, 1818 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hemming, 1955 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Burmeister, 1838 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Palma et al., 2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Uchida, Seinosuke (1926). "Studies on Amblycerous Mallophaga of Japan" (PDF). Journal of the College of Agriculture. 9 (1). Tokyo: 1–56.
  6. ^ Ewing, Henry E. (1933). "Neocolpocephalum, a new name for the Mallophagan genus Ferrisia Uchida" (PDF). Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington. Journal of Parasitology. 20 (1): 65–66. JSTOR 3272183.
  7. ^ Conci, Cesare (1942). "Quattro nuovi generi ed una nuova sottofamiglia di Menoponidae dei Passeracei (Mallophaga)" (PDF). Bollettino della Societá Entomologica Italiana. 74 (2–3): 30–32.
  8. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference phthiraptera.info was invoked but never defined (see the help page).