Halipeurus diversus (Kellogg, 1896)

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Halipeurus diversus (Kellogg, 1896)

Lipeurus diversus Kellogg, 1896a: 123 , pl. 8: figs 3–4.

Esthiopterum diversum Kellogg, 1896 [sic]; Harrison 1916: 133.

Halipeurus diversus (Kellogg, 1896) ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 163.

Halipeurus hanáki [sic] Balát, 1958: 415.

Halipeurus diversus (Kellogg, 1896) ; Timmermann 1961a: 408, fig. 6.

Halipeurus (Halipeurus) diversus (Kellogg, 1896) ; Edwards, 1961: 142, figs 3F– 7F.

Halipeurus (Halipeurus) diversus Timmermann, 1965: 142 , fig. 83.

Halipeurus diversus hanáki [sic] Balát, 1958; Timmermann 1965: 142.

Halipeurus diversus (Kellogg, 1896) ; Palma 2011: 32 .

Halipeurus diversus (Kellogg, 1896) ; Palma 2017: 123.

Syntypes ♂ ♀ in USNM and EMEC (see Palma 2011: 32) .

Type host: “ Puffinus opisthomelas Coues, 1864 ”, in error (see Hopkins & Clay 1952: 163).

Chilean host: Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789) .

Other hosts: Puffinus assimilis baroli (Bonaparte, 1857) ; Puffinus assimilis boydi Mathews, 1912 ; Puffinus mauretanicus Lowe, 1921 ; Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich, 1764) ; Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck, 1836) ; Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827) .

Chilean locality: Isla Guamblin: Region XII.

Geographic distribution: Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Chilean reference: Palma (2011: 33).

Other significant references: Edwards (1961); Timmermann (1961); Timmermann (1965); Palma (1996: 184); Price et al. (2003: 187); Page et al. (2004: 643, 648); Palma (2010: 408); Palma & Peck (2013: 38); Palma (2017).

Remarks: Halipeurus diversus is a species with a range of variable dimensions, a feature congruent with having a large number of host species.