<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
Austromenopon paululum
(
Kellogg & Chapman, 1899
)
New record
Menopon paululum
Kellogg & Chapman, 1899: 119
, pl. 8, fig. 2.
Procellariphaga paulula
(
Kellogg & Chapman, 1899
)
;
Hopkins & Clay 1952: 299
.
Austromenopon piekarskii
Timmermann, 1963b: 417
, fig. 9.
Austromenopon paululum
(
Kellogg & Chapman, 1899
)
;
Price & Clay 1972: 494
, fig. 34.
Lectotype
♀
in
EMEC
(
Price & Clay 1972: 496
).
Type host:
Puffinus opisthomelas
Coues, 1864
.
Galápagos
host:
Puffinus griseus
(Gmelin, 1789)
.
Galápagos locality:
Isla
Santa Cruz.
Galápagos
reference: This paper.
Other significant references:
Timmermann (1963b)
;
Timmermann (1965: 171)
;
Price & Clay (1972)
;
Palma (1996: 117)
;
Price
et al
. (2003: 92)
.
Material examined:
2 males
(1 sample,
MONZ
)
.
Remarks: This is the first record of
Austromenopon paululum
from the
Galápagos Islands
.
Puffinus griseus
is a regular visitor to the
Galápagos Islands
(
Harris 1989: 59
).
Austromenopon paululum
has been recorded from a number of
Puffinus
species
(
Price
et al
. 2003: 92
).