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Psocodea Species File
Genus

Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904

Type

type species by original designation of Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904

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

  • 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)

  • Enderlein, G. (1904) Lause-Studien, Nachtrag. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 28, 220–223.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Golub, N.V. & Nokkala, S. (2004) Chromosome numbers of two sucking louse species (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Anoplura). 141(1), 94–96.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

Other references (0)

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1045
Superspecies1001
Species163043206