<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
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Saemundssonia
(
Saemundssonia
)
platygaster
(
Denny, 1842
)
Docophorus platygaster
Denny, 1842: 44
, 83, pl. 2, fig. 5.
Docophorus peristictus
Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 462
, pl. 28, fig. 2.
Philopterus peristictus
(
Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902
)
;
Harrison 1916: 101
.
Philopterus platygaster
(
Denny, 1842
)
;
Harrison 1916: 102
.
Saemundssonia peristictus
(
Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902
)
;
Thompson 1939: 73
.
Saemundssonia platygaster
(
Denny, 1842
)
;
Hopkins & Clay 1952: 335
.
Saemundssonia peristicta
(
Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902
)
;
Ward 1953: 203
.
Saemundssonia platygaster
(
Denny, 1842
)
; Clay
in
Linsley & Usinger 1966: 132
.
Saemundssonia
(
Saemundssonia
)
platygaster
(
Denny, 1842
)
;
Price
et al.
2003: 236
.
Syntypes
probably lost (
Thompson 1937a: 78
).
Type host:
Charadrius hiaticula
Linnaeus, 1758
.
Galápagos
hosts: Unconfirmed, possibly
Arenaria interpres
(
Linnaeus, 1758
)
,
Actitis macularius
(Linnaeus, 1766)
, and/or
Charadrius semipalmatus
Bonaparte, 1825
(see
Ward 1953: 203
).
Galápagos localities:
Isla
Isabela;
Isla
Santa Fé.
Galápagos
references:
Kellogg & Kuwana (1902)
;
Kellogg (1906: 316)
;
Kellogg (1908: 18)
;
Thompson (1939)
;
Harrison (1916: 101)
;
Ward (1953)
;
Linsley & Usinger (1966)
.
Other significant references:
Timmermann (1969a: 233)
;
Palma (1996: 224)
;
Price
et al.
(2003)
.
Material examined:
2 females
(2 samples,
EMEC
)
.
Remarks: From the Kellogg Collection, we examined
six specimens
from the
type
material of
Docophorus peristictus
:
two females
from Galápagos Islands hosts, plus
two males
and
two females
from
Clipperton
and
Guadalupe
Islands. These specimens were remounted and identified by
Ward (1953)
as
Saemundssonia
(
Saemundssonia
)
platygaster
. This louse species has not been collected again from any Galápagos host, although it has been recorded from a large number of charadriiform species (
Price
et al.
2003: 236
), including the three Galápagos hosts listed above.