Genus Speleognathopsis Cooreman, 1954

Speleognathopsis Cooreman, 1954: 428; Fain 1957: 251.

Type species: Speleognathopsis galli Cooreman, 1954 by original designation.

Diagnosis. Palps with 3 segments. Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae. Propodonotal shield present. Propodonotal region with 6–7 pairs of setae. Hysteronotal region with 6 pairs of setae. Agenital series with 2 pairs of setae. Genital series with 2–3 pairs of setae. Pseudanal series with 1–2 pairs of setae. Setae 1a, 3a present, 4a present or absent. Number of leg setae: coxae 1(2)–0(1)–1–0(1), trochanters 1–1–0–0, femora 5(7)–4–3–2(3, 4), genua 4–4– 3–3, tibiae 5–3–3–3. Setae situated in anterior part of tarsi I–IV normally developed.

Remarks. Species of this genus are associated with birds of the orders Acciptriformes, Charadriifomes, Galliformes, Passeriformes and recorded from Afrotropical, Australian, Oriental, Nearctic, and Neotropical regions (Fain 1955b, 1956a, 1963d, 1964a, 1964b; Cooreman 1954; Fain et al. 1966; Domrow 1969, 1991). The Afrotropical fauna comprises five of the six described species: SpeleOgnathOpsis benOiti Fain, 1955, S. charadricOla (Fain, 1964), S. galli Cooreman, 1954, S. OnychOgnathi (Fain, 1964), and S. wai Fain et al., 1966 .