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Psocodea Species File
genus

Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (14)

  • Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904: 221.

    type species by original designation Pediculus acanthopus Burmeister, 1839

  • Ctenopleura Ewing, 1929: 199.

    type species by original designation Hoplopleura cryptica Ferris, 1921

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  • Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904 in Wang, Durden, Weaver & Shao, 2021: 317. Key
  • Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904 in Matthee, Du Toit-Heunis, Matthee, Durden & Light, 2025: 1-12. Phylogeny; Systematics

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Castro, D.del C. & Verzi, D.H. (2002) A new species of Ferrisella (Phthiraptera, Anoplura, Hoplopleuridae) parasitic on the desert-adapted rodent Tympanoctomys barrerae (Rodentia, Octodontidae). Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 4, 113–122.
  • Enderlein, G. (1904) Lause-Studien, Nachtrag. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 28, 220–223.
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  • Ewing, H.E. (1929) A manual of external parasites. In A manual of external parasites. C. C. Thomas, Springfield, Ill. xiv+225 pgs.
  • Ferris, G.F. & Stojanovich, C.J. (1951) The sucking lice. Memoirs of the Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 1, 1–320.
  • Golub, N.V. & Nokkala, S. (2004) Chromosome numbers of two sucking louse species (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Anoplura). 141(1), 94–96.
  • Matthee, C.A., Du Toit-Heunis, N., Matthee, S., Durden, L.A. & Light, J.E. (2025) Host associations, host switching, geographic location, and potential reticulate evolution shape the systematics of sucking lice (Psocodea: Anoplura) belonging to the genera Hoplopleura and Polyplax. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 204(4 (zlaf095), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf095
  • Wang, W., Durden, L.A., Weaver, H.J. & Shao, R. (2021) Eight New Species of Sucking Lice (Psocodea: Phthiraptera) From Endemic Murine Rodents in Australia and an Updated Identification Key. 58(1), 298–319.
  • Weaver, H.J. & Barton, P.S. (2008) A new species of sucking louse (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) from Australia, and a key to the Australian species of Hoplopleura. Zootaxa, 1679, 55–62.

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Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1045
superspecies1001
species163043206