Pediculus lari O. Fabricius, 1780: 219.
Philopterus lari (O. Fabricius, 1780); Harrison 1916: 97 (as junior synonym of Philopterus gonothorax Giebel, 1871 [sic]).
Saemundssonia lari (O. Fabricius, 1780); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 332.
Saemundssonia lari lari (O. Fabricius, 1780); Clay & Hopkins 1954: 249, figs 37–39.
Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) lari (O. Fabricius, 1780); Price et al. 2003: 234.
Neotype ♂ in NHML (Clay & Hopkins 1954: 249).
Type host: Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767.
Galápagos host: Larus pipixcan Wagler, 1831.
Galápagos locality: Isla Floreana.
Galápagos references: This paper.
Other significant references: Clay & Hopkins (1954: 248); Timmermann (1957: 42, figs 9, 12); Palma (1996: 222); Price et al. (2003: 234).
Material examined: 1 female (MONZ).
Remarks: This is a very common louse species parasitic on a wide range of gull hosts (Price et al. 2003: 234), including Larus pipixcan. Records of “ Docophorus lari ” in Kellogg & Kuwana (1902: 463) and Kellogg (1906: 317) refer to Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) creagrusa (see above).