A systematic study of the chewing louse genus Lagopoecus (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) was undertaken to identify several species found among the undetermined specimens in the K. C. Emerson Collection at Oklahoma State University. This paper treats the species found on pheasants and their relatives (Galliformes: Phasianidae: Phasianinae). The known species are redescribed and illustrated, the male of L. choui Liu and the female of L. ovatus (Uchida) for the first time. One species (L. colchicus Emerson) is probably a synonym of L. sinensis (Sugimoto).
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Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
Vol. 81 • No. 2
June 2008
Vol. 81 • No. 2
June 2008
chewing lice
Lagopoecus
pheasant ectoparasites
Philopteridae
Phthiraptera