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    Species Accepted

    Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 4 countries or islands

      4 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      EcuadorNoUnknown
      EcuadorNo
      PolandNo
      United States of AmericaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      7 results
      Fowl-louse English
      Poultry Shaft Louse English
      luptouš kuří Czech
      švola slepačia Slovak
      Пухоед бледный куриный Russian
      ニワトリハジラミ Japanese
      닭털이 Korean

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      2 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      9 results
      Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae. I, lice:610–614. Published in
      Xu, Y., Ma, L., Liu, S., Liang, Y., Liu, Q., He, Z., Tian, L., Duan, Y., Cai, W., Li, H. & Song, F. (2024) Chromosome-level genome of the poultry shaft louse Menopon gallinae provides insight into the host-switching and adaptive evolution of parasitic lice. GigaScience, 13, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giae004
      Geoffroy, E.L. (1762) In Histoire abregee des Insectes: Vol. II. Paris. Issue 2nd part, 595–605 pp.
      Piaget, E. (1885) Les Pediculines. Essai monographique. Supplement. In Les Pediculines. Essai monographique. Supplement. E. J. Brill, Leide. xii+200 p.
      Al-Shabibi, Z. & Hatem, A. (2025) Morphological and molecular study of chewing lice infesting poulty in Basrah Province, Iraq. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 18(3), 689–700. https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2025.18.3.0689
      Eichler, W. (1947) Dr. E. Mjoberg's zoological collections from Sumatra. 15. Mallophaga. 39A(2), 1–21.
      Piaget, E. (1880) Les Pediculines. Essai monographique. In Les Pediculines. Essai monographique. E. J. Brill, Leide. xxxix+714 pgs.
      Kellogg, V.L. (1896) New Mallophaga. II. From land birds; together with an account of the mallophagous mouthparts. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 6, 431–548.
      Nitzsch, C.L. (1818) Die Familien und Gattungen der Thierinsekten (insecta epizoica); als Prodromus einer Naturgeschicte derselben. Magazin der Entomologie, 3, 261–316.

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