Strigiphilus
| Strigiphilus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phthiraptera |
| Suborder: | Ischnocera |
| Family: | Philopteridae |
| Genus: |
Strigiphilus Mjöberg, 1910 |
| Type species | |
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Docophorus heterocerus Grube, 1851 |
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Strigiphilus is a genus of chewing louse in the suborder Ischnocera. It was circumscribed in 1910 by Eric Mjöberg.
Mjöberg initially circumscribed Strigiphilus as a subgenus of the genus he referred to as Docophorus Nitzsch, 1818.
In a 1966 paper, Theresa Clay recognized 29 species and grouped them into the following nine species groups:
The largest group is the S. curstans group.
Strigiphilus is the only genus of Ischnocera to exclusively parasitize owls.
As of 2017[update], there are approximately fifty species of Strigiphilus. Species include:
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