<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 spenceri
Timmermann, 1956
New record
Austromenopon spenceri
Timmermann, 1956: 192
, fig. 7
Austromenopon spenceri
Timmermann, 1956
:
Price
et al.
2003: 92
.
Holotype
♂
in
Spencer Entomological Collection
,
Beaty Biodiversity Museum
,
University
of
British Columbia
,
Vancouver
,
Canada
(
T
.
D. Galloway
pers. comm. 2012).
Type host:
Phalaropus lobatus
(
Linnaeus, 1758
)
.
Galápagos host:
Phalaropus lobatus
(
Linnaeus, 1758
)
. Galápagos locality:
Isla
Isabela. Galápagos references: This paper. Other significant reference:
Clay (1959: 165
, 167). Material examined:
1 male
and
1 female
(1 sample,
MONZ
). Remarks: This is the first record of
Austromenopon spenceri
from the Galápagos Islands. Currently,
Phalaropus lobatus
is the only host of this louse species (
Price
et al.
2003: 92
), and is a very common visitor to the
Galápagos Islands
(
Harris 1989: 107
).