<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
Quadraceps punctatus lingulatus
(Waterston, 1914)
Nirmus punctatus lingulatus
Waterston, 1914: 285
.
Degeeriella lingulata
(Waterston, 1914)
;
Harrison 1916: 116
.
Quadraceps lingulatus
(Waterston, 1914)
;
Hopkins & Clay 1952: 313
.
Quadraceps punctatus lingulatus
(Waterston, 1914)
;
Timmermann 1952a: 214
, fig. 2c.
Koeniginirmus
(
Koeniginirmus
)
lingulatus lingulatus
(Waterston, 1914)
;
Złotorzycka 1967: 750
.
Quadraceps punctatus lingulatus
(Waterston, 1914)
;
Palma 1995: 220
.
Syntypes
♀
in the
South African Museum
,
Cape
Town
,
South Africa
(
Palma 1996: 213
)
.
Type host:
Larus hartlaubii
Bruch, 1853
.
Galápagos
host:
Larus pipixcan
Wagler, 1831
.
Galápagos localities:
Isla
Floreana;
Isla
Santa Cruz.
Galápagos
reference:
Palma (1995)
.
FIGURE 13.
Quadraceps punctatus felix
(
Giebel, 1874
)
. Male (Host:
Larus fuliginosus
).
Other significant references: Timmermann (1952; 1957: 70);
Palma (1996: 213)
;
Price
et al.
(2003: 227)
.
Material examined:
23 males
,
21 females
and 1 nymph (2 samples,
MONZ
)
.
Remarks: Within a comprehensive study of the
Quadraceps
lice from gulls, Timmermann (1952) demoted this louse to the subspecies level.
Larus pipixcan
and three other gull species are listed by
Price
et al.
(2003: 227)
as hosts for this louse subspecies.