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).