New synonymies and host records for lice of the genus Menacanthus (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Passeriformes (Aves)

Twenty new synonymies are proposed and 42 new host associations are given for chewing lice of the genus Menacanthus Neumann, 1912, parasitic on members of the avian order Passeriformes.

Keywords:

• lice
• Phthiraptera
• Menoponidae
• Menacanthus
• new synonymies
• new host records
• Passeriformes

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand

Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, United States of America

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States of America