Hoplopleuridae

Hoplopleuridae
Hoplopleura acanthopus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Psocodea
Suborder:	Troctomorpha
Infraorder:	Nanopsocetae
Parvorder:	Phthiraptera
Superfamily:	Anoplura
Family:	Hoplopleuridae Ewing, 1929

Hoplopleuridae is a family of lice in the order Psocodea. There are about 6 genera and more than 150 described species in Hoplopleuridae.[1][2][3]

Schizophthirus pleurophaeus

Genera

These six genera belong to the family Hoplopleuridae:

• Ancistroplax Waterston, 1929
• Haematopinoides Osborn, 1891
• Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904
• Paradoxophthirus Chin, 1989
• Pterophthirus Ewing, 1923
• Schizophthirus Ferris, 1922

References

1. "Hoplopleuridae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
2. "Hoplopleuridae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
3. Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2019). "family Hoplopleuridae Ewing, 1929". Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-23.

Further reading

• Lyal, Ch H. C. (1985). "Phylogeny and classification of the Psocodea, with particular reference to the lice (Psocodea: Phthiraptera)". Systematic Entomology. 10 (2): 145–165. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1985.tb00525.x. ISSN 0307-6970.

External links

• Media related to Hoplopleuridae at Wikimedia Commons