Menopon

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Ordo: Psocodea
Subordo: Troctomorpha
Infraordo: Nanopsocetae
Subinfraordinal group: Phthiraptera
Superfamily group: Amblycera

Familia: Menoponidae
Genus: Menopon
Species: M. gallinae
Name

Menopon Nitzsch, 1818

Menopon pallens, inhabits the common fowl, Gallus domesticus. (After Piaget.)

References

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Menopon. [accessed on 27 June 2020]

Menopon is a genus of lice belonging to the family Menoponidae.[2]

The species of this genus are found in Europe, Northern America, Southwestern Asia.[2]

Species:[2]

Menopon carrikeri Emerson, 1954
Menopon clayae Emerson, 1954
Menopon deryloi Zlotorzycka, 1972
Menopon ferrisi Emerson, 1954
Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Menopon hamatum L.G.Neumann, 1912
Menopon hopkinsi Emerson, 1954
Menopon interpositum Ansari, 1951
Menopon jellisoni Emerson, 1954
Menopon kuntzi Emerson & Stojanovich, 1963
Menopon pallens T.Clay, 1949
Menopon sigialitidis D.Lamina I
Menopon spinulosum Giebel, 1874
Menopon subgallinae Emerson, 1954
Menopon truncatum Giebel, 1874

References

Nitzsch, C. L. (1818). "Die Familien un Gattungen der Thierinsekten (insecta epizoica); als Prodromus einer Naturgeschicte derselben". Magazin der Entomologie. 3: 261–316.
"Menopon Nitzsch, 1818". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 19 June 2021.