<strong> An annotated checklist of parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from the Galápagos Islands </ strong>
Author
Palma, Ricardo L.
ricardop@tepapa.govt.nz
Author
Peck, Stewart B.
ricardop@tepapa.govt.nz
text
Zootaxa
2013
2013-03-18
3627
1
1
87
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1
1175-5326
5261238
B28B2463-1BA5-458A-B0BF-F311F978917A
Colpocephalum brachysomum
Kellogg & Chapman, 1902
New record
Colpocephalum brachysomum
Kellogg & Chapman, 1902: 162
, pl. 14, fig. 3.
Colpocephalum brachysomum
Kellogg & Chapman, 1902
;
Hopkins & Clay 1952: 77
.
Colpocephalum brachysomum
Kellogg & Chapman, 1902
;
Price & Beer 1963b: 62
, fig. 6.
Lectotype
♀
in
EMEC
(
Price & Beer 1963b: 63
).
Type host:
Asio flammeus sandwichensis
(Bloxham, 1826)
.
Galápagos
host:
Asio flammeus galapagoensis
(Gould, 1837)
.
Galápagos locality:
Isla
Española.
Galápagos
references: This paper.
Other significant references:
Price & Beer (1963b)
;
Price
et al.
(2003: 97)
.
Material examined:
6 males
,
7 females
and 1 nymph (1 sample,
MONZ
)
.
Remarks: This is the first record of
Colpocephalum brachysomum
from the
Galápagos Islands
.
Asio flammeus galapagoensis
is endemic to the
Galápagos Islands
, but
Colpocephalum brachysomum
also parasitises other hosts (
Price
et al.
2003: 97
).