<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
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1
1175-5326
5261238
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Myrsidea darwini
Palma & Price, 2010
(
Fig. 5
)
“
Menopon incertum
”
Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 488
(not
Menopon incertum
Kellogg, 1896
).
“
Myrsidea incerta
” Clay
in
Linsley & Usinger, 1966: 128
(not
Myrsidea incerta
(Kellogg, 1896))
.
Myrsidea darwini
Palma & Price, 2010: 136
, figs 1–5.
Holotype
♀
in
MONZ
.
Type host:
Geospiza fuliginosa
Gould, 1837
.
Galápagos
hosts:
Geospiza magnirostris
Gould, 1837
;
Geospiza fuliginosa
Gould, 1837
;
Camarhynchus psittacula habeli
Sclater & Salvin, 1870
.
Galápagos localities:
Isla
Pinta;
Isla
Marchena;
Isla
Santa Cruz;
Isla
Española.
Galápagos
references:
Kellogg & Kuwana (1902)
;
Kellogg (1908: 64)
;
Thompson (1938b: 203)
;
Linsley & Usinger (1966)
;
Palma & Price (2010)
;
Sari
et al.
(2012: 3)
.
Other significant references: None.
Material examined:
7 males
,
22 females
and 19 nymphs (16 samples,
MONZ
)
.
Remarks: This louse species and its hosts are endemic to the
Galápagos Islands
.