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Acutifrons megalopterus Carriker 1956

Description

Acutifrons megalopterus Carriker, 1956

Acutifrons megalopterus Carriker, 1956: 120, figs 8–9.

Acutifrons megalopterus Carriker, 1956; Price et al. 2003: 140.

Acutifrons megalopterus Carriker, 1956; González-Acuña et al. 2008a: 283.

Acutifrons megalopterus Carriker, 1956; Moreno & González-Acuña 2015: 95.

Acutifrons megalopterus Carriker, 1956; González-Acuña & Moreno 2018: 262.

Holotype ♂ in USNM (see Emerson 1967: 61).

Type host: Phalcoboenus megalopterus (Meyen, 1834).

Chilean host: Phalcoboenus megalopterus (Meyen, 1834).

Other hosts: None.

Chilean locality: Isla Gonzalo (Diego Ramírez Islands): Region XII.

Geographic distribution: South America.

Chilean references: González-Acuña et al. (2008a); Moreno & González-Acuña (2015); González-Acuña & Moreno (2018); this catalogue.

Other significant references: Emerson (1967); Price et al. (2003).

Remarks: Isla Gonzalo is a new locality record for Acutifrons megalopterus in Chile, based on one sample from Phalcoboenus megalopterus held in MONZ.

Notes

Published as part of Gonza ́ Lez-Acun, Daniel A. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2021, An annotated catalogue of bird lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from Chile, pp. 1-151 in Zootaxa 5077 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5077.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5766642

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
USNM
Family
Philopteridae
Genus
Acutifrons
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Psocodea
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Carriker
Species
megalopterus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Acutifrons megalopterus Carriker, 1956 sec. ́ & Palma, 2021

References

  • Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R. A. & Palma, R. L. (2003) World checklist of chewing lice with host associations and keys to families and genera. In: Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R. A., Palma, R. L., Johnson, K. P. & Clayton, D. H. (Eds.), The chewing lice: world checklist and biological overview. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication 24. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, pp. 1 - 448.
  • Gonzalez-Acuna, D., Ardiles, K., Figueroa, R., Barrientos, C., Gonzalez, P., Moreno, L. & Cicchino, A. (2008 a) Lice of Chilean diurnal raptors. Journal of Raptor Research, 42 (4), 281 - 286. https: // doi. org / 10.3356 / JRR- 07 - 69.1
  • Moreno, L. & Gonzalez-Acuna, D. (2015) Los parasitos de las aves rapaces de Chile: Una revision. Boletin Chileno de Ornitologia, 21 (1 - 2), 93 - 102.
  • Gonzalez-Acuna, D. & Moreno, L. (2018) Parasitos de aves rapaces en Chile. In: Munoz-Pedreros, A., Rau-Acuna, J. & Yanez- Valenzuela, J. (Eds.), Aves Rapaces de Chile. Second edition. CEA Ediciones, Valdivia, pp. 257 - 272.
  • Emerson, K. C. (Ed.) (1967) Carriker on Mallophaga. Posthumous papers, catalog of forms described as new, and bibliography. Melbourne A. Carriker, Jr. 1879 - 1965. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 248, i - x + 1 - 150. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.248.1