<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 oceanodromae
Price & Clay, 1972
New record
Austromenopon oceanodromae
Price & Clay, 1972: 501
, figs 49–50.
Austromenopon oceanodromae
Price & Clay, 1972
;
Price
et al
. 2003: 92
.
Holotype
♀
in
NHML
.
Type host:
Oceanodroma hornbyi
(Gray, 1854)
.
Galápagos
hosts:
Oceanodroma tethys tethys
(Bonaparte, 1852)
;
Oceanodroma castro
(Harcourt, 1851)
.
Galápagos localities:
Isla
Plaza; Islote Corona del Diablo (near
Isla
Floreana); at sea,
70 miles
SW from the archipelago.
Galápagos
reference: This paper.
Other significant references:
Price
et al
. (2003: 92)
; Palma (2010: 195, 214).
Material examined:
8 males
,
13 females
and 4 nymphs (6 samples,
MONZ
)
.
Remarks: This is the first record of
Austromenopon oceanodromae
from the
Galápagos Islands
.
Austromenopon oceanodromae
has been recorded from four species of
Oceanodroma
, including the two host species from the
Galápagos Islands
(
Price
et al
. 2003: 92
).