Halipeurus nesofregettae Timmermann, 1961

Palma, Ricardo L., 2011, New taxa, new synonymies and new host records in the louse genus Halipeurus (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) parasitic on petrels (Aves: Procellariiformes), Zootaxa 3017, pp. 1-45 : 41

Halipeurus nesofregettae Timmermann, 1961

( Figs 12 , 19 , 35 , 50 , 59 )

“ Naubates sp.” Clay, 1940: 309, pl.1, fig 1. Host: Nesofregetta fuliginosa (Gmelin, 1758) .

Halipeurus (Synnautes) nesofregettae Edwards (MS); Timmermann, 1961: 417. Type host: Nesofregetta fuliginosa (Gmelin, 1758) .

Halipeurus (Synnautes) nesofregettae Edwards, 1961: 156 , figs 3W– 7W. Type host: Nesofregetta fuliginosa (Gmelin, 1758) . Holotype 3 in AMNH.

Halipeurus (Synnautes) nesofregettae Timmermann, 1961 ; Timmermann, 1965: 153.

Halipeurus (Synnautes) nesofregettae ; Price et al., 2003: 188.

MATERIAL EXAMINED

Types

Ex Nesofregetta fuliginosa : 23, 1Ƥ, paratypes, Phoenix I., Phoenix Group, Kiribati, AMNH skin 205901 ( AMNH).

Non-types

Ex Nesofregetta fuliginosa : 13, 1Ƥ, Phoenix Is, Kiribati, Pacific Ocean, 13 Jul. 1964, D. Hackman, 1715 ( KCEM); 33, 4Ƥ, Phoenix Island, Phoenix Group, Kiribati, Pacific Ocean, 26 May 1965, POBSP 4177 ( USNM; MONZ); 13, Christmas Atoll, Line Is, Kiribati, Pacific Ocean, 1 Jul. 1965, POBSP 4208 ( USNM); 33, 1Ƥ, Gambier Is, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean, Jul. 1996, J.C. Thibault ( MONZ).

DISCUSSION: Clay (1940) provided a photograph of the female, and Edwards (1961) included schematic drawings of diagnostic characters for both sexes. I include more detailed illustrations of male and female abdominal terminalia ( Figs 35 , 50 ), clypeal signature ( Figs 12 , 19 ), and male genitalia ( Fig. 59 ) to facilitate the identification of this species.

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 12. Male clypeal signature (hyaline margin omitted): 3, Halipeurus confusus. 4, Halipeurus pricei. 5, Halipeurus atlanticus. 6, Halipeurus pelagodromae. 7, Halipeurus pelagicus. 8, Halipeurus vincesmithi. 9, Halipeurus spadix subclavus. 10, Halipeurus raphanus. 11, Halipeurus fallacis. 12, Halipeurus nesofregettae.

FIGURES 15 – 19. Female clypeal signature (hyaline margin omitted): 15, Halipeurus pricei. 16, Halipeurus atlanticus. 17, Halipeurus raphanus. 18, Halipeurus fallacis. 19, Halipeurus nesofregettae.

FIGURES 34 – 37. Ventral view of male terminalia: 34, Halipeurus vincesmithi. 35, Halipeurus nesofregettae. 36, Halipeurus raphanus. 37, Halipeurus fallacis.

FIGURES 49 – 53. Ventral view of female terminalia: 49, Halipeurus vincesmithi. 50, Halipeurus nesofregettae. 51, Halipeurus fallacis. 52, Halipeurus raphanus. 53, Halipeurus noctivagus.

FIGURES 56 – 60. Male genitalia, dorsal view: 56, Halipeurus atlanticus. 57, Halipeurus confusus. 58, Halipeurus vincesmithi. 59, Halipeurus nesofregettae. 60, Halipeurus raphanus.