Pediculus anseris Linnaeus, 1758: 612. Nomen novum for “Pollini dell oca reale Redi, 1668.
Esthiopterum anseris Linnaeus, 1758 [sic]; Harrison 1916: 130.
Anaticola anseris (Linnaeus, 1758); Clay & Hopkins 1950: 239, figs 18–21; pl. 2: fig. 1.
Anaticola anseris (Linnaeus, 1758); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 31.
Anaticola anseris (Linnaeus, 1758); Price et al. 2003: 142.
Anaticola anseris (Linnaeus, 1758); González-Acuña et al. 2009: 182.
Neotype ♂ in NHML (see Clay & Hopkins 1950: 239).
Type host: Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758).
Chilean host: Anser anser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758).
Other hosts: Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon, 1834; Anser caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758); Anser canagicus (Sevastianov, 1802); Anser fabalis (Latham, 1787); Anser indicus (Latham, 1787); Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758); Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803); Branta sandvicensis (Vigors, 1803).
Chilean locality: Bulnes: Region XVI.
Geographic distribution: All continents, except Antarctica.
Chilean reference: González-Acuña et al. (2009).
Other significant references: Clay & Hopkins (1950); Price et al. (2003).
Remarks: Anaticola anseris was introduced to Chile and other countries by human agency with domestic geese.