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Austromenopon atrofulvum

Description

Austromenopon atrofulvum (Piaget, 1880) New record

Menopon atrofulvum Piaget, 1880: 483, pl. 39, fig. 2.

Austromenopon atrofulvum (Piaget, 1880); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 47.

Lectotype ♂ in NHML (Clay 1949: 819).

Type host: Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758, in error (see Hopkins & Clay 1952: 47).

Galápagos host: Anous stolidus galapagensis Sharpe, 1879.

Galápagos localities: Isla Seymour; Isla Rábida.

Galápagos references: This paper.

Other significant references: Clay (1949: 819); Clay (1959: 163–166, figs 6, 35); Clay & Moreby (1967: 158, fig. 67); Palma (1996: 115); Price et al. (2003: 90).

Material examined: 2 males, 2 females and 1 nymph (3 samples, MONZ).

Remarks: This is the first record of Austromenopon atrofulvum from the Galápagos Islands. This species is the only Austromenopon known from all species of terns (Price et al. 2003: 90, 290, 293).

Notes

Published as part of Palma, Ricardo L. & Peck, Stewart B., 2013, An annotated checklist of parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from the Galápagos Islands , pp. 1-87 in Zootaxa 3627 (1) on page 12, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5261238

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MONZ , NHML
Family
Menoponidae
Genus
Austromenopon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Psocodea
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Piaget
Species
atrofulvum
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Austromenopon atrofulvum (Piaget, 1880) sec. Palma & Peck, 2013

References

  • Piaget, E. (1880) Les Pediculines. Essai Monographique. Leide: E. J. Brill. xxxix + 714 pp., pls 1 - 56.
  • Hopkins, G. H. E. & Clay, T. (1952) A check list of the genera & species of Mallophaga. Trustees of the British Museum, London. 362 pp.
  • Clay, T. (1949) Systematic notes on the Piaget collections of Mallophaga. - Part I. Annals and magazine of natural history (Series 12), 2, 811 - 838, 895 - 921.
  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10 th Edition. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 1, 1 - 824.
  • Clay, T. (1959) Key to the species of Austromenopon Bedford (Mallophaga) parasitic on the Charadriiformes. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (Series B), 28 (11 - 12), 157 - 168. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 3113.1959. tb 00122. x
  • Clay, T. & Moreby, C. (1967) Mallophaga (biting lice) and Anoplura (sucking lice). Part II: Keys and locality lists of Mallophaga and Anoplura. Pp. 157 - 169, 177 - 196. In Gressitt, J. L. (Ed.), Entomology of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series. Washington D. C.: American Geophysical Union. 10, xii + 395 pp.
  • Palma, R. L. (1996) Laemobothriidae; Menoponidae; Ricinidae; Philopteridae. Pp 106 - 230. I n: Wells, A. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. Volume 26, xiv + 414 pp.
  • Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R. A., Palma, R. L., Johnson, K. P. & Clayton, D. H. (2003) The chewing lice: world checklist and biological overview. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication 24. x + 501 pp.