Post on 16-Nov-2014
description
Louse taxonomy, anatomy & identification workshop
Vincent Smith & Ricardo Palma
Agenda
Overview• Systematics & taxonomy• Generalised anatomy
Keys• Chewing lice• Sucking lice
Show & Tell• Exemplar specimens• ID queries• Slide making
Book lice (Psocoptera)
Lice (Phthiraptera)
AmblyceraAmblycera IschnoceraIschnocera RhynchophthirinaRhynchophthirinaAnopluraAnoplura[ [ Liposcelis Liposcelis
sp.]sp.]
Chewing Lice “Mallophaga”
Sucking Lice (Anoplura)
• 50+ phylogenies!
• Now cover 80% of louse genera
• Mix of molecules & morphology
• Beginning to reconcile differences
• Still a long way to go!
• Some of the biggest studies unpublished
Systematics & taxonomy- Four years on
Generalised Morphology
Head- dorsal
Head- ventral
Antennae
Thorax- dorsal
Thorax- ventral
Abdomen- dorsal characters
Abdomen- tergal plates
Abdomen- sternal plates
Abdomen- nymphs
- males Internal Genitalia
- females Internal Genitalia
Suborders & Families Key Couplet 1a
Rhynchophthirina
Suborders & Families Key Couplet 1b
Suborders & Families Key Couplet 2a
Anoplura
Suborders & Families Key Couplet 2b
Suborders & Families Key Couplet 3a
Amblycera
Suborders & Families Key Couplet 3b
Ischnocera
Suborders & Families Key Couplet 4a
Gyropidae
Suborders & Families Key Couplet 4b
Suborders & Families Key Couplet 5a & b
III
VIII5a 5bTrimenoponidae
Suborders & Families Key Couplet 6 a & b
Suborders & Families Key Couplet 7 a & b
MenoponidaeBoopiidae
Suborders & Families Key Couplet 8 a & b
RicinidaeLaemobothriidae
Suborders & Families Key Couplet 9a
Trichodectidae
Suborders & Families Key Couplet 9b
Philopteridae
Anoplura Families KeyCouplet 1a & b
Anoplura Families KeyCouplet 2a & b
Anoplura Families KeyCouplet 3a & b
Anoplura Families KeyCouplet 4a & b
Anoplura Families KeyCouplet 5a & b
Anoplura Families KeyCouplet 6a & b
Anoplura Families KeyCouplet 7a & b
Anoplura Families KeyCouplet 8a & b
Anoplura Families KeyCouplet 9a & b
Anoplura Families KeyCouplet 10a & b
Anoplura Families KeyCouplet 11a & b
Anoplura Families KeyCouplet 12a & b
Anoplura Families KeyCouplet 13a & b
Anoplura Families KeyCouplet 14a & b