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Lipeurus caponis (Linneus, 1758)

Piojo, Poultry wing louse

Ectoparasite on chickens

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Phthiraptera

Suborder
Ischnocera

Family
Philopteridae

Genus
Lipeurus

Species
caponis

Taxon category: Accepted

Synonym: Pediculus caponis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1992

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Parasites/pathogens on animals

Introduced status: Coexists with introduced species

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

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, Lipeurus caponis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16806. Accessed 4 May 2025.