Acidoproctus

Acidoproctus
Acidoproctus kelloggi paratype
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Psocodea
Infraorder:	Phthiraptera
Family:	Philopteridae
Genus:	Acidoproctus Piaget, 1878
Type species
Acidoproctus marginatus Piaget (= A. rostratus), by subsequent designation
Species
Acidoproctus emersoni Timmermann, 1962 Acidoproctus fuligulae Eichler, 1948 Acidoproctus gottwaldhirschi Eichler, 1958 Acidoproctus granthami Arnold, 2006 Acidoproctus hilli (Harrison, 1915) Acidoproctus maximus Piaget, 1878 Acidoproctus moschatae (Linnaeus, 1758) Acidoproctus rostratus (Rudow, 1866) Acidoproctus taschenbergi Hopkins, 1938
Synonyms
Akidoproctus Piaget, 1880 Heteroproctus Harrison, 1915

Acidoproctus is a genus of lice, in the family Philopteridae. They are known to be distributed across Asia and Australasia. There are two species in New Zealand.

Taxonomy

Acidoproctus was erected by Édouard Piaget in 1878. The type species is Acidoproctus rostratus (Rudow, 1866b).

The genus contains at least the species:

• Acidoproctus rostratus (Rudow, 1866b).
• Acidoproctus emersoni Timmermann, 1962. hosts: Dendrocygna species.
• Acidoproctus gottwaldhirschi Eichler, 1958. host: blue duck. Endemic to New Zealand.

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