Strigiphilus

Strigiphilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phthiraptera
Family:	Philopteridae
Genus:	Strigiphilus; Mjöberg, 1910
Type species
	Docophorus heterocerus; Grube, 1851
Synonyms
	Eichlerius Złotorzycka, 1974 ; Eustrigiphilus Ewing, 1926 ; Neodocophorus [de], 1939 ; Tytoniella Eichler [de], 1949;

Strigiphilus is a genus of chewing louse in the suborder Ischnocera. It was circumscribed in 1910 by Eric Mjöberg.^[1]

Taxonomic history[]

Mjöberg initially circumscribed Strigiphilus as a subgenus of the genus he referred to as Docophorus^[6] (now known as ).

In a 1966 paper, Theresa Clay recognized 29 species and grouped them into the following nine species groups:^[7]

The largest group is the S. curstans group.^[8]

Strigiphilus is the only genus of Ischnocera to exclusively parasitize owls.^[9]^:340

As of 2017, there are approximately fifty species of Strigiphilus.^[1] Species include:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Strigiphilus Mjöberg, E.". Phthiraptera.info. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ Złotorzycka, Jadwiga (1974). "Revision der europäischen Strigiphilini (Mallophaga, Strigiphilinae)" (PDF). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne. 44: 328–345.
^ Ewing, H. E. (1926). "Some recent generic derivatives of the mallophagan genus Philopterus Nitzsch (Philopteridae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 28 (6): 148.
^ Kéler, Stefan (1939). "Zur Kenntnis der Mallophagen-Fauna Polens". Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde. 11 (1): 53. doi:10.1007/BF02122077.
^ Eichler, Wolfdietrich (1949). "Phthirapterorum nova genera" (PDF). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 79 (1–2): 13.
^ Mjöberg, Eric (1910). "Studien über Mallophagen und Anopluren". Arkiv för Zoologi. 6 (13): 132–133.
'^ Clay, Theresa (1966). "A New Species of Strigiphilus(Philopteridae: Mallophaga)" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 8 (4): 835–847.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Clayton, Dale H. (1990). "Host Specificity of Strigiphilus Owl Lice (Ischnocera: Philopteridae), with the Description of New Species and Host Associations" (PDF). Journal of Medical Entomology. 27 (3): 257–265. doi:10.1093/jmedent/27.3.257.
^ Clayton, Dale H.; Price, Roger D. (1984). "Taxonomy of the Strigiphilus cursitans Group (Ischnocera: Philopteridae), Parasites of Owls (Strigiformes)" (PDF). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 77 (4): 340–363. doi:10.1093/aesa/77.4.340.