Anaticola phoenicopteri (Coinde, 1859)

Lipeurus Phanicopterae Coinde, 1859: 426.

Esthiopterum phoenicopteri (Coinde, 1859); Harrison 1916: 139 (as junior synonym of Esthiopterum subsignatum (Giebel, 1866)). Emendation.

Anaticola phoenicopteri (Coinde, 1859); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 33.

Anaticola phoenicopteri (Coinde, 1859); Clay 1974: 485, pl. 1: fig. a.

Anaticola phoenicopteri (Coinde, 1859); Galaz et al. 1999: 19, fig. 1.

Anaticola phoenicopteri (Coinde, 1859); Palma & Peck 2013: 27.

Types in “ Museìum de Lyon ” (Coinde 1859: 427).

Type host: Phoenicopterus ruber roseus Pallas, 1811.

Chilean host: Phoenicopterus chilensis Molina, 1782.

Other hosts: Phoenicopterus ruber ruber Linnaeus, 1758; Phoeniconaias minor (Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1798).

Chilean localities: Santiago: Region RM; Salar Surire: Region XV.

Geographic distribution: All continents, except Antarctica.

Chilean references: Galaz et al. (1999); this catalogue.

Other significant references: Tandan & Brelih (1971: 273, figs 7–8); Clay (1974); Price et al. (2003: 144); Palma & Peck (2013).

Remarks:The original spelling of the species epithet of this louse “ Phanicopterae” was emended to“ phoenicopteri ” by Harrison (1916) without an explanation.Although it was an unjustified emendation, the epithet “ phoenicopteri ” has been accepted and perpetuated by all subsequent authors. Santiago is a new locality record for Anaticola phoenicopteri in Chile, based on specimens from Phoenicopterus chilensis held in MONZ.

Genus Anatoecus Cummings, 1916

Anatoecus Cummings, 1916a. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1916, 653. Type species: Anatoecus icterodes (Nitzsch, 1818) (by original designation).

Flamingobius KÉler, 1960. Zeitsch. für Parasitenk. 20, 305. Type species: Docophorus pygaspis Nitzsch, 1866. (by original designation).

Benatoecus Złotorzycka, 1970. Polskie Pismo Entomol. 40 (1), 10. Type species: Anatoecus dentatus (Scopoli, 1763) (by original designation).