Lepidophthirus macrorhini Enderlein, 1904 a: 46, figs 1–5. Dalla Torre 1908: 18; Enderlein 1909: 515, figs OO–QQ, pl. 59, pl. 60, fig. 180; Ferris 1916 a: 184; Tillyard 1926: 135; Freund 1928: 32, figs 30–35; Ferris 1934: 499, figs 291–292; Bedford 1929: 507; Bedford 1932: 399, 474; Harrison 1937: 13; Thompson 1938: 94; Hopkins 1949: 510; Séguy 1951: 1381; Ferris 1951: 78, fig. 34; Murray 1958: 404; Gressitt 1964: 539; King 1964: 137; Murray 1964: 242; Murray & Nicholls 1965: 437, figs 1–2, pls 1–4; Murray 1967: 189; Clay & Moreby 1967: 166, fig. 181; Clay & Moreby 1970: 220; Gressitt 1970: 329; Dailey & Brownell 1972: 541; Kim et al. 1975: 547; Arthur 1976: 170; Murray 1976: 90, figs 4.3–4.6; Ledger 1980: 206, fig. 215; Marshall 1981: 145, 175, 249, 292, fig. 8.4; King 1983: 203; Kim 1988: 108; Durden & Musser 1994 a: 8; Durden & Musser 1994 b: 141; Barker 1996: 237; Price & Graham 1997: 118, fig. 95; Castro & Cicchino 1998: 131, fig. 1; Becker et al. 2000: 255; Pajot 2000: 34, fig. 5; Green & Turner 2004: 74; Grimaldi & Engel 2005: 272; Lehane 2005: 118; Palma 2010: 409.
Lepidophthirius [sic] macrorhyni [sic]; Ass 1934: 103. Misspelling.
Lepidophthirius [sic] macrorhini; King 2005: 234. Misspelling.
Type host. Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758) —Southern elephant seal.
Type locality. Kerguelen Islands, Indian Ocean.
Type specimen/s data. Syntypes Ƥ; repository unknown (Barker 1996: 237).
Other hosts. None.
Geographic distribution. Antarctica and Southern Oceans.
Significant references. Freund (1928: 32, detailed figures); Ferris (1934: 499, synonymy, description, figures, hosts); Ferris (1951: 78, synonymy, figure, host); Murray (1958: 404, ecology); Murray (1964: 242, ecology); Murray & Nicholls (1965: 437, ecology); Durden & Musser (1994 a: 8, hosts, distribution); Green & Turner (2004: 74, scanning electron microscopy of head, and claw).
Remarks. Nymphal stages have not been described yet.