Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Actornithophilus grandiceps
piojo, louse
ectoparasite
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Psocodea
Suborder
Troctomorpha
Family
Menoponidae
Genus
Actornithophilus
Species
grandiceps
Taxon category: Accepted
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Palma, R.L. Peck, S.B. (2013) An annotated checklist of parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from the Galápagos Islands Zootaxa 3627 (1): 001–087
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"Galapagos Species Database, Actornithophilus grandiceps", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13407. Accessed 4 November 2026.