MENOPONIDAE Mjöberg, 1910

Kuabara, Kamila M. D., Valim, Michel P. & Silveira, Luís Fábio, 2023, New records of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) parasites of Brazilian Anhimidae, Threskiornithidae, and Aramidae (Aves), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 63, pp. 1-13 : 2

Family MENOPONIDAE Mjöberg, 1910

Colpocephalum Nitzsch, 1818

Species in this genus are typical ectoparasites of 15 bird orders (Accipitriformes, Cariamiformes, Cathartiformes, Ciconiiformes, Columbiformes, Cuculiformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes , Gruiformes , Passeriformes , Pelecaniformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Piciformes , Psittaciformes , and Strigiformes, sensu Pacheco et al., 2021). This large assemblage is a distinct group of species, considered here as Colpocephalum s.l., has 136 valid species ( Price et al., 2003; Mey, 2013). For a detailed taxonomic review of the species parasitic on Threskiornithidae see Price & Beer (1965).