Pediculus diomedeae J.C. Fabricius, 1775: 808.
Ricinus diomedeae (Linnaeus, 1758); Latreille 1804: 107.
Lipeurus lepturus Enderlein, 1908: 453, figs 200–202, 209.
Esthiopterum diomedeae J.C. Fabricius, 1775 [sic]; Harrison 1916: 133.
Perineus diomedeae (J.C. Fabricius, 1775); Clay 1940a: 299, figs, 1–2, 4a, 5a, 6a.
Perineus diomedeae diomedeae (J.C. Fabricius, 1775); Eichler, 1949b: 340.
Perineus diomedeae enderleini Eichler, 1949b: 342, figs 8–10.
Perineus diomedeae (J.C. Fabricius, 1775); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 277.
Perineus enderleini Eichler, 1949; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 277.
Harrisoniella diomedeae (J.C. Fabricius, 1775); KÉler 1956: 522, figs 1–3a.
Harrisoniella diomedeae (J.C. Fabricius, 1775); KÉler 1957a: 285, figs 1d, 2a, 3, 9.
Paraclisis diomedeae (J.C. Fabricius, 1775); Timmermann 1965: 100, figs 32, 33a, 34a, 37a, 38, 39a, pl. 5: figs 1–2.
Paraclisis diomedeae (J.C. Fabricius, 1775); Clay & Moreby 1967: 162, 168, figs 117–119, 122, 143.
Paraclisis diomedeae (J.C. Fabricius, 1775); Palma 2017: 152.
Neotype ♂ in NHML (see Clay 1940a: 302).
Type host: “In Brasiliae diomedeis” = Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828) (see Clay 1940a: 299).
Chilean host: Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828).
Other hosts: Thalassarche bulleri bulleri (Rothschild, 1893); Thalassarche bulleri platei (Reichenow, 1898); Thalassarche cauta cauta (Gould, 1841); Thalassarche cauta steadi Falla, 1933; Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin, 1789); Thalassarche chrysostoma (J.R. Forster, 1785); Thalassarche eremita Murphy, 1930; Thalassarche impavida Mathews, 1912; Thalassarche salvini (Rothschild, 1893); Phoebetria fusca (Hilsenberg, 1822); Phoebetria palpebrata (J.R. Forster, 1785).
Chilean locality: Valparaíso: Region V.
Geographic distribution: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Southern Ocean.
Chilean reference: Clay (1940a: 302).
Other significant references: Clay & Hopkins (1951: 34); Timmermann (1965); Clay & Moreby (1967); Pilgrim & Palma (1982: 6–7); Palma (1996: 197); Price et al. (2003: 205); Page et al. (2004: 641, 649); Hänel & Palma (2007: 113, 126, 129); Palma (2010: 408); Palma (2017).
Remarks: Paraclisis diomedeae is the most prevalent among all lice parasitic on small albatrosses (Thalassarche spp.) (R.L. Palma pers. observation).