Columbicola columbae ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

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 : 61

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scientific name	Columbicola columbae ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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Columbicola columbae ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

“Pollino del piccion grosso” Redi, 1668: pl. 2.

Pediculus columbae Linnaeus, 1758: 614 View Cited Treatment . Nomen novum for “Pollino del piccion grosso” Redi, 1668. Ricinus columbae ( Linnaeus, 1758) ; Latreille 1804: 110.

Philopterus (Lipeurus) baculus Nitzsch, 1818: 293 View in CoL .

Philopterus (Lipeurus) baculus ( Nitzsch, 1818) View in CoL ; Denny 1842: 172, pl. 14: fig. 3.

Philopterus baculus View in CoL ; Gervais 1849: 101.

Lipeurus columbae ( Linnaeus, 1758) ; Séguy 1924: 40.

Esthiopterum columbae Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL [sic]; Harrison 1916: 132.

Columbicola columbae (Linn.) View in CoL ; Thompson 1940a: 641.

Columbicola columbae juan-fernandez Eichler, 1952a: 349 .

Columbicola columbae ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL ; Hopkins & Clay 1953: 437.

Columbicola columbae columbae ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL ; Tendeiro 1965b: 77, figs 1–12, photos 1–6, 189–190. Columbicola columbae Toro et al. 1999: 620 View in CoL .

Columbicola columbae (Linneo, 1758) View in CoL ; Alcaíno & Gorma 1999: 14.

Columbicola columbae View in CoL ; González-Acuña et al. 2004a: 109.

Columbicola columbae columbae ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL ; Palma 2017: 106.

Neotype ♂ in NHML (see Clay & Hopkins 1950: 265).

Type host: Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 .

Chilean host: Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 .

Other hosts: Columba eversmanni Bonaparte, 1856 ; Columba guinea Linnaeus, 1758 ; Columba oenas Linnaeus, 1758 ; Streptopelia chinensis tigrina (Temminck, 1810) .

Chilean localities: Santiago: Region RM; Masatierra Island ( Juan Fernández Islands ): Region V; Chillán: Region XVI .

Geographic distribution: All continents, except Antarctica.

Chilean references: Gervais (1849); Thompson (1940a); Eichler (1952a); Hopkins & Clay (1953); Toro et al. (1999); Alcaíno & Gorma (1999); González-Acuña et al. (2004a).

Other significant references: Clay & Hopkins (1950: 264, figs 57–59); Emerson (1957: 64); Tendeiro (1965b); Nelson & Murray (1971: 22, 25, fig. 4); Pilgrim (1976: 162, fig. 1); Palma (1996: 167); Price et al. (2003); Adams et al. (2005: 3548, figs 1, 7–10); Galloway & Palma (2008: 211); Martín-Mateo (2009: 216, fig. 42); Palma (2010: 408); Galloway & Lamb (2014: 445); Galloway & Lamb (2015: 715); Palma (2017).

Remarks: Columbicola columbae was introduced to Chile and many other countries by human agency with its primary host ( Columba livia ). This is the most prevalent species among all lice parasitic on rock pigeons.

References

Abbreviations

NHML	Natural History Museum, Tripoli

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Psocodea
Family	Philopteridae
Genus	Columbicola