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Fowl-louse

Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedinsects

The fowl-louse (Menopon gallinae) is a species in the family Menoponidae, order Psocodea. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Iran and Iraq.

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Quick facts about the fowl-louse

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the fowl-louse live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The fowl-louse is listed for 2 countries.

IraqIran
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Iran
  2. Iraq

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the fowl-louse as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Ecuador
  2. Poland

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the fowl-louse endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the fowl-louse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderPsocodea
  5. familyMenoponidae
  6. genusMenopon
  7. SpeciesMenopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Liotheum pallidum, Menopon brevipes, Menopon longicephalum, Menopon lunanale, Menopon major, Menopon pallidum, Menopon productum, Menopon subaequaleproductum, Nirmus trigonocephalus, Pediculus gallinae

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Poultry shaft louseEnglish
  • luptouš kuříCzech
  • Pou mâcheur des oiseauxFrench
  • ニワトリハジラミJapanese
  • 닭털이Korean
  • Wsza kurzaPolish
  • Пухоед бледный куриныйRussian
  • švola slepačiaSlovak

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the fowl-louse

Other species in the same genus Menopon.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the fowl-louse live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the fowl-louse for 2 countries: Iran and Iraq. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the fowl-louse an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the fowl-louse as introduced in 2 countries: Ecuador and Poland, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the fowl-louse?

The fowl-louse (Menopon gallinae) belongs to the family Menoponidae in the order Psocodea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Fowl-louse (Menopon gallinae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/fowl-louse

MLA

“Fowl-louse (Menopon gallinae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/fowl-louse.

BibTeX
@misc{fowl_louse_2026,
  title = {Fowl-louse (Menopon gallinae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fowl-louse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}