<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
Ardeicola florida
Carriker, 1960
New record
Ardeicola florida
Carriker, 1960: 318
, fig. 2.
Ardeicola florida florida
Carriker, 1960
;
Tuff 1967: 256
, figs 29–31.
Ardeicola florida
Carriker, 1960
;
Price
et al.
2003: 148
.
Holotype
♀
in
USNM
(
Emerson 1967: 65
).
Type host:
Egretta caerulea
(
Linnaeus, 1758
)
.
Galápagos
host:
Butorides sundevalli
(Reichenow, 1877)
.
Galápagos localities:
Isla
Pinta;
Isla
Genovesa.
Galápagos
references: This paper.
Other significant references:
Tuff (1967)
;
Emerson (1972: 22)
;
Price
et al.
(2003)
.
Material examined:
9 males
,
13 females
and 3 nymphs (2 samples,
MONZ
)
.
Remarks:
Ardeicola
is a new genus record for the
Galápagos Islands
, and
Ardeicola florida
is a new louse record for both the islands and
Butorides sundevalli
.