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Perineus oblongus Keler 1957

Description

Perineus oblongus Kéler, 1957

(Fig. 11)

Perineus oblongus Kéler, 1957b: 523, figs 27–28.

Perineus oblongus Kéler, 1957; Clay in Linsley & Usinger 1966: 131.

Perineus oblongus Kéler, 1957; Palma & Pilgrim 1988: 580, figs 6, 13, 19, 23, 34, 38, 46, 51.

Holotype ♂ in NHML.

Type host: Phoebastria irrorata (Salvin, 1883).

Galápagos host: Phoebastria irrorata (Salvin, 1883).

Galápagos locality: Isla Española.

Galápagos references: Kéler (1957b); Linsley & Usinger (1966); Göllner-Scheiding (1973: 40); Palma & Pilgrim (1988).

Other significant references: Timmermann (1965: 111, fig. 47); Pilgrim & Palma (1979: 177); Price et al. (2003: 212).

Material examined: 64 males, 50 females and 10 nymphs (7 samples, MONZ, NHML).

Remarks: At present, Perineus oblongus is endemic to the Galápagos Islands, although the population of Phoebastria irrorata breeding on Isla La Plata, near the coast of Ecuador, may also harbour this louse.

Genus Philoceanus Kellogg, 1903

Philoceanus Kellogg, 1903. Biol. Bull. Wood’s Hole 5: 87. Type species: Philoceanus becki Kellogg, 1903 (by monotypy).

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 pages 45-47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5261238

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MONZ, NHML , NHML
Family
Philopteridae
Genus
Perineus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Psocodea
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Keler
Species
oblongus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Perineus oblongus Keler, 1957 sec. Palma & Peck, 2013

References

  • Keler, S. von (1957 b) Die Mallophagen von Sturmvogeln und Rudderfussern. I. Harrisoniella Bedford und Perineus Thompson (Mallophaga) (2. Fortsetzung). Beitrage zur Entomologie, 7 (5 / 6), 493 - 527.
  • Linsley, E. G. & Usinger R. L. (1966) Insects of the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. (4 th Series), 33 (7), 113 - 196.
  • Palma, R. L. & Pilgrim, R. L. C. (1988) [1987] A revision of the genus Perineus (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 14 (4), 563 - 586.
  • Gollner-Scheiding, U. (1973) Katalog der im zoologischen Museum Berlin vorhandenen Mallophagentypen. Lounais-Hameen Luonto, 46, 29 - 46.
  • Timmermann, G. (1965) Die Federlingsfauna der Sturmvogel und die Phylogenese des procellariiformen Vogelstammes. Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg, N. F. 8 (Supplement), 1 - 245, pls 1 - 12.
  • Pilgrim, R. L. C. & Palma, R. L. (1979) A redescription of Perineus concinnus (Mallophaga: Philopteridae). Pacific Insects, 21 (2 - 3), 172 - 178.
  • 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.
  • Kellogg, V. L. (1903) Two new genera of Mallophaga. Biological Bulletin Wood's Hole, Massachusetts, 5, 85 - 91. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2307 / 1535514