Dennyus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amblycera
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Ordo: Psocodea Subordo: Troctomorpha Infraordo: Nanopsocetae Subinfraordinal group: Phthiraptera Superfamily group: Amblycera

Familia: Menoponidae
Genus: Dennyus
Subgenera (4): Collodennyus – Ctenodennyus – Dennyus – Takamatsuia

Overview of species (45): D. adamsae – D. bartoni – D. boothi – D. brunneitorques – D. carljonesi – D. collinsi – D. cypsiurus – D. distinctus – D. dubius – D. elbeli – D. elliotti – D. emersoni – D. ferrisi – D. francicus – D. giganteus – D. gossei – D. hahnae – D. hirundinis – D. intonsus – D. kristinae – D. limbus – D. major – D. malagonensis – D. medwayi – D. meridionalis – D. mimirogerorum – D. pascoliae – D. pichorimi – D. richmondi – D. rotundocapitis – D. semicollaris – D. simberloffi – D. similis – D. singhi – D. somadikartai – D. southwoodi – D. spiniger – D. spininotus – D. tarburtoni – D. theresae – D. thompsoni – D. vauxi – D. vonarxi – D. wellsi – D. wraggi

Name

Dennyus Neumann, 1906: 60, nom. nov.

Type species: Nitzschia burmeisteri Denny, 1842

Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Nitzschia Denny, 1842: 230 (junior homonym of Nitzschia Baer, 1826)
Type species: Nitzschia burmeisteri Denny, 1842 (by monotypy)

References

Primary references

Neumann, G. 1906. Notes sur les Mallophages. I. Nomenclature. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 31(3): 54–60. BHL Reference page.
Denny, H. 1842. Monographia anoplurorum Britanniae or an Essay on the British Species of Parasitic Insects. London: H. G. Bohn. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.26900 Reference page.

Additional references

Carriker, M.A. 1954. Studies in neotropical Mallophaga, XI: bird lice of the suborder Amblycera, genus Dennyus Neumann. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 103(3331):533-549. full article (PDF)
Emerson, K.C. & Pratt, H.D.1956. The Menoponidae (Mallophaga) found on North American Swifts. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 29(1):21-28.full article (PDF)
Emerson, K.C. & Price, R.D. 1968: A new species of Dennyus (Mallophaga: Menoponidae) from the Malaysian spine-tailed swift. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 81:87-90.full article (PDF)
Ewing, H.E. 1930. The taxonomy and host relationships of the biting lice of the genera Dennyus and Eureum, including the description of a new genus, subgenus, and four new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 77(2843):1-16.full article (PDF)
Ledger, J.A. 1968. Dennyus aequatorialis n. sp. (Mallophaga: Menoponidae) from the mottled swift, Apus aequatorialis. Novos Taxa Entomológicos (Supplemento á Revista de Entomologia Moçambique), 61:1-8.full article (PDF)
Ledger, J.A. 1970. A preliminary review of Dennyus (Mallophaga: Menoponidae) parasitic on swiftlets. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 33(2):239-260.full article (PDF)
Ledger, J.A. 1971. A review of Dennyus (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) parasitic on the avian genera Apus and Cypsiurus. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 34(1):37-56.full article (PDF)
Price, R.D. & Beer, J.R. 1962. A new species of Dennyus (Mallophaga: Menoponidae) from the White-naped swift. Entomological News, 73(6):161-163.full article (PDF)
Thompson, G.B. 1948. Two new species of Dennyus (Mallophaga) from palm swifts. Boletin de Entomologia Venezolana, 7(1-2):1-5.full article (PDF)
Valim, M.P. 2013. Three new species of Dennyus Neumann, 1906 (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Menoponidae) parasitic on swifts (Aves, Apodiformes, Apodidae) in Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 53(30): 415-429. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492013003000001 Reference page. [Key to the subgenera of Dennyus]