Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Austromenopon popellus
piojo, louse
ectoparasite
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Psocodea
Suborder
Troctomorpha
Family
Menoponidae
Genus
Austromenopon
Species
popellus
Taxon category: Accepted
Synonyms: Menopon popellus Piaget, 1890; Procellariphaga popellus (Piaget, 1890); Hopkins & Clay 1952, Austromenopon popellus (Piaget, 1890); Price & Clay 1972; Austromenopon popellus (Piaget, 1890); Linsley 1977
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- Palma, R.L. Peck, S.B. (2013) An annotated checklist of parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from the Galápagos Islands Zootaxa 3627 (1): 001–087
- Smith, V. (ed.) (2012) Phthiraptera.info. Website published by the International Society of Phthirapterists. http://phthiraptera.info/
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"Galapagos Species Database, Austromenopon popellus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13790. Accessed 4 November 2026.