CHECKLIST OF PHTHIRAPTERA OF FIJI
compiled by Neal L. Evenhuis

(with corrections and additions kindly supplied by Ricardo Palma 2008–2011)

GONIODIDAE
Goniodes
dissimilis Denny, 1842: 162

HAEMATOPINIDAE
Haematopinus
eurysternus (Nitzsch), 1818: 305 [Pediculus]
suis(Linnaeus), 1758: 611 [Pediculus]
    adventitius Neumann, 1911: 406 [as suis ssp.]
    urius (Nitzsch), 1818: 305 [Pediculus]

MENOPONIDAE
Actornithophilus
incisus (Piaget), 1880: 569 [Colpocephalum] [R. Palma, in litt.; from MONZ Collection]

Austromenoponon
atrofulvum (Piaget), 1880: 483 [Menopon] [R. Palma, in litt.; from MONZ Collection]
paululum (Kellogg & Chapman), 1899: 119 [Menopon] [R. Palma, in litt.; from MONZ Collection]

Coplocephalum
angulaticeps Piaget, 1880: 569 [R. Palma, in litt.; from MONZ Collection]

Dennyus
(Ctenodennyus)
southwoodi Price & Clayton, 1997: 6

Dennyus
(Collodennyus)
singhi Clayton et al., 1996: 189
wraggi Clayton et al., 1996: 196

Kurodaia
subpachygaster (Piaget), 1880: 517 [Colpocephalum] [R. Palma, in litt.; from MONZ Collection]

Menopon
gallinae (Linnaeus), 1758: 613 [Pediculus]
    trigonocephalum (Olfers), 1816: 90 [Nirmus]

Myrsidea
pachycephalae Palma & Klockenhoff, 1988: 557
sp. 1 [R. Palma, in litt.; from MONZ Collection]
sp. 2 [R. Palma, in litt.; from MONZ Collection]

PEDICULIDAE
Pediculus
humanus capitis De Geer, 1778: 67
humanus humanus Linnaeus, 1758: 610
    vestimenti Nitzsch, 1818: 305

PHILOPTERIDAE
Brueelia
sp. [R. Palma, in litt.; from MONZ Collection]

Cuclotogaster
heterographus (Nitzsch in Giebel), 1866: 381 [Lipeurus]

Halipeurus
(Halipeurus)
confusus Palma, 2011: 3
diversus (Kellogg), 1896: 123 [Lipeurus]
pricei Palma, 2011: 7

Pectinopygus
gracilicornis (Piaget), 1880: 309 [Lipeurus] [R. Palma, in litt.; from MONZ Collection]

Quadraceps
separatus (Kellogg & Kuwana), 1902: 472 [Nirmus] [R. Palma, in litt.; from MONZ Collection]

Saemundssonia
(Puffinoecus)
sp.  [Watling, 1986: 66]

Saemundssonia
(Saemundssonia)
laticaudata (Rudow), 1869: 12 [Docophorus] [R. Palma, in litt.; from MONZ Collection]
sternae (Linnaeus), 1758: 612 [Pediculus] [R. Palma, in litt.; from MONZ Collection]

Trabeculus
hexakon (Waterston), 1914: 291 [Giebelia] [R. Palma, in litt.; from MONZ Collection]

PTHIRIDAE
Pthirus
pubis Linnaeus, 1758: 611
    inguinalis Leach, 1815: 77

RICINIDAE
Ricinus
sp. [R. Palma, in litt.; from MONZ Collection]

TRICHODECTIDAE
Bovicola
(Bovicola)
caprae (Gurlt), 1843: 3 [Trichodectes]
    climax (Nitzsch in Giebel), 1861: 81 [Damalinia]

Last revised 14 December 2011