Acidoproctus Explained

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.