Psocodea Species File
genus

Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904

Type

Pediculus acanthopus Burmeister, 1839 type species by original designation of Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904

Nomenclature (7)

  • Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904: 221.

    type species by original designation Pediculus acanthopus Burmeister, 1839

  • Euhoplopleura Ewing, 1929: 19.
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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 (6)

  • 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.
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  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

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
genus1012
superspecies1001
species162043205