Austromenopon elliotti Timmermann, 1954

Gonza ́ Lez-Acun, Daniel A. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2021, An annotated catalogue of bird lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from Chile, Zootaxa 5077 (1), pp. 1-151 : 14-15

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5077.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5766597
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scientific name	Austromenopon elliotti Timmermann, 1954
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Austromenopon elliotti Timmermann, 1954 New record

Austromenopon elliotti Timmermann, 1954b: 205 , fig. 19; pl. 1: figs e–f.

Austromenopon elliotti Timmermann, 1954 ; Timmermann 1965: 177.

Austromenopon elliotti Timmermann, 1954 ; Price & Clay 1972: 496, figs 39–41.

Austromenopon elliotti Timmermann, 1954 ; Palma 2017: 45.

Holotype ♂ in NHML.

Type host: Pelecanoides urinatrix (Gmelin, 1789) .

Chilean hosts: Pelecanoides urinatrix (Gmelin, 1789) ; Pelecanoides garnotii (Lesson, 1828) .

Other hosts: Pelecanoides urinatrix exsul Salvin, 1896 ; Pelecanoides urinatrix dacunhae Nicholl, 1906 ; Pelecanoides urinatrix chathamensis Murphy & Harper, 1916 .

Chilean localities: Valparaíso: Region V; Isla Duque de York: Region XII.

Geographic distribution: Southern Hemisphere.

Chilean reference: This catalogue.

Other significant references: Timmermann (1965); Palma (1996: 116); Price et al. (2003: 91); Hänel & Palma (2007: 112, 121, 131). Price & Clay (1972); Palma (2010: 407); Palma (2017).

Remarks: Austromenopon elliotti is naturally and frequently found on diving petrels only. This is the first record of Austromenopon elliotti from Chile, based on two samples held in MONZ.