CANTHOCAMPTIDAE Sars, 1906, emend. Monard, 1927, Lang, 1948



EPACTOPHANES Mrazek, 1893

Epactophanes is a questionablke genus, and its definition is still debated. According to most authors it should include a single species, Epactophanes richardi, which shows a wide distribution and variability, with numerous questionable subspecies. Recently Bruno & Cottarelli (1999) described the second species in the genus, Epactophanes philippinus, from ground waters of Philippines.

  • Epactophanes richardi Mrazek, 1893 [cosmopolitan; fresh waters, moss] [PDF]
  • Epactophanes philippinus Bruno & Cottarelli, 1999 [Philippines; phreatic waters] [ABSTRACT]


    EPACTOPHANOIDES Borutzky, 1966

  • Epactophanoides udegeicus Borutzky, 1966 [URSS;?] * Should be transferred to the re-established family Cylindropsillidae Huys & Conroy-Dalton, 2006.


    AFROCAMPTUS Chappuis, 1932

  • Afrocamptus uncinatus (Chappuis, 1932) [Africa; moss]



    THERMOMESOCHRA Ito & Burton, 1980

  • Thermomesochra reducta Ito & Burton, 1980 [Malay archipelago; hot springs]



    ORTHOPSYLLIDAE Huys, 1990


    ORTHOPSYLLUS Brady & Robertson, 1873

    • Huys (1990) created the family Orthopsyllidae for this genus (removed from Canthocamptidae), and for two new genera (Dionyx, Infrapedia). Later Mielke (1993) reported the genus Orthopsyllus in the family Canthocamptidae, on the contrary Bodin (1997) consider it in the Orthopsyllidae sensu Huys.


  • Orthopsyllus agnatus Klie 1950
  • Orthopsyllus coralliophilus Fiers, 1987 [New guinea; coastal waters]
  • Orthopsyllus dubius Vervoort 1964
  • Orthopsyllus linearis linearis (Claus, 1866) [Europe, Africa; marine environment, algal areas]
  • Orthopsyllus linearis bulbosus Noodt 1955
  • Orthopsyllus linearis curvaspina Mielke, 1993 [Costa Rica; marine environment, algal areas]
  • Orthopsyllus linearis illgi (Chappuis, 1958) [USA; marine]
  • Orthopsyllus linearis improportionatus (Jakobi, 1954) [Brazil; marine]
  • Orthopsyllus linearis major Klie, 1939 [Island; marine]
  • Orthopsyllus linearis setosus Boer, 1971 [France; wood?]
  • Orthopsyllus pectinicauda Vervoort 1964
  • Orthopsyllus propinquus Lang 1948
  • Orthopsyllus sarsi Klie, 1941 [Norway; ?]
  • Orthopsyllus similis Nicholls 1942
  • Orthopsyllus spinicaudatus Krishnaswamy, 1957 [India; ?]
  • Orthopsyllus wallini Lang, 1934 [Tasmania; brackish waters]



    DIONYX Huys, 1990


    INFRAPEDIA Huys, 1990



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