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Actornithophilus bicolor (Piaget, 1880)

piojo, Louse

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Psocodea

Suborder
Troctomorpha

Family
Menoponidae

Genus
Actornithophilus

Species
bicolor

Taxon category: Accepted

Senior syn.: Colpocephalum bicolor Piaget, 1880

Distribution

Distribution: Palma & Peck (2013) first report Actornithophilus bicolor from the Galápagos Islands, a louse recorded from the two species of Arenaria only (Price et al. 2003: 83).

References

  • Hopkins, G.H.E. Clay, T. (1955) Additions and corrections to the check list of Mallophaga II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12), 8, 177–190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222935508655628
  • 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 bicolor", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17535. Accessed 3 November 2026.