Antarctophthirus mawsoni Harrison, 1937

Leonardi, Maria Soledad & Palma, Ricardo Luis, 2013, Review of the systematics, biology and ecology of lice from pinnipeds and river otters (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae), Zootaxa 3630 (3), pp. 445-466 : 452

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3630.3.3

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6147800

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Antarctophthirus mawsoni Harrison, 1937
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Antarctophthirus mawsoni Harrison, 1937

Antarctophthirus mawsoni Harrison, 1937: 11 , pl. 1, fig. 1. Hopkins 1949: 509; Ferris 1951: 73; Gressitt & Weber 1959: 447; King 1964: 137; Clay & Moreby 1967: 166; Clay & Moreby 1970: 220; Gressitt 1970: 329; Dailey & Brownell 1972: 543; Kim et al. 1975: 547; King 1983: 203; Kim 1988: 108; Durden & Musser 1994a: 7; Durden & Musser 1994b: 141; Barker 1996: 236; King 2005: 234.

Type host. Ommatophoca rossii Gray, 1844 —Ross seal.

Type locality. King George V Island, Antarctica.

Type specimen/s data. Holotype Ƥ ( Catalogue number K.64350) in the Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia (Australian Museum 2012).

Other hosts. None.

Geographic distribution. Antarctica and Southern Oceans.

Significant references. Durden & Musser (1994a: 7, synonymy, hosts, distribution); Barker (1996: 236, taxonomy).

Remarks. Redescriptions of adults and descriptions of nymphal stages are needed.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Phthiraptera

ParvOrder

Phthiraptera

Family

Echinophthiriidae

Genus

Antarctophthirus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Phthiraptera

ParvOrder

Phthiraptera

Family

Echinophthiriidae

Genus

Antarctophthirus

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