Strigiphilus
Strigiphilus is a genus of chewing lice in the suborder Ischnocera. It was circumscribed in 1910 by Eric Mjöberg.
Taxonomic history
Mjöberg initially circumscribed Strigiphilus as a subgenus of the genus he referred to as Docophorus.In a 1966 paper, Theresa Clay recognized 29 species and grouped them into these nine species groups:
- S. crenulatus group
- S. cursitans group - largest number of species
- S. cursor group
- S. heterocerus group
- S. ketupae group
- S. macrogenitalis group
- S. rostratus group
- S. siamensis group
- S. strigis group