Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Austromenopon beckii
piojo, louse
ectoparasite
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Psocodea
Suborder
Troctomorpha
Family
Menoponidae
Genus
Austromenopon
Species
beckii
Taxon category: Accepted
Synonyms: Menopon beckii Kellogg, 1906; Menopon becki [sic] (Kellogg, 1906); Thompson 1938; Austromenopon becki [sic] (Kellogg, 1906); Hopkins & Clay 1952; Austromenopon becki [sic] (Kellogg, 1906); Clay in Linsley & Usinger 1966:; Austromenopon beckii (Kellogg, 1906); Price et al. 2003
- 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, Austromenopon beckii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13411. Accessed 4 November 2026.