Quadraceps normifer alpha ( Kellogg, 1914 )

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 : 101-102

Quadraceps normifer alpha ( Kellogg, 1914)

Nirmus triangulatus Nitzsch , var. alpha Kellogg, 1914: 84 .

Degeeriella alpha Kellogg, 1914 [sic]; Harrison 1916: 107.

Koeniginirmus normifer alpha Kellogg, 1914 [sic]; Eichler 1951: 127.

Quadraceps alpha ( Kellogg, 1914) ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 308.

Quadraceps alpha ( Kellogg, 1914) ; Clay & Moreby 1967: 164, 169, fig. 93.

Koeniginirmus (Laminonirmus) normifer alpha ( Kellogg, 1914) ; Złotorzycka 1967: 759.

Quadraceps normifer alpha ( Kellogg, 1914) ; Emerson 1972: 141.

Quadraceps normifer alpha ( Kellogg, 1914) ; Cohen et al. 1997: 186.

Quadraceps alpha ( Kellogg, 1914) ; Price et al. 2003: 223.

Quadraceps normifer alpha ( Kellogg, 1914) ; Palma 2015b: 153, figs 1–3.

Quadraceps normifer alpha ( Kellogg, 1914) ; Palma 2017: 178.

Lectotype ♂ in EMEC (see Palma 2015b: 151, figs 1, 3).

Type host: Stercorarius chilensis (Bonaparte, 1857) (see Palma 2015b: 151).

Chilean host: Stercorarius chilensis (Bonaparte, 1857) .

Other hosts: Stercorarius antarcticus antarcticus (Lesson, 1831) (not confirmed; see Palma 2015b: 154); Stercorarius maccormicki (Saunders, 1893) .

Chilean locality: Canal Smyth: Region XII.

Geographic distribution: South America; Subantarctic Islands; Antarctica; southern Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Chilean references: Cohen et al. (1997); Palma (2015b).

Other significant references: Eichler (1951); Clay & Moreby (1967); Złotorzycka (1967); Emerson (1972); Price et al. (2003); Palma (2010: 408); Palma (2017).

Remarks: In agreement with Palma (2017: 178) and contrary to Price et al. (2003: 223), we regard this louse taxon as a subspecies of Quadraceps normifer ( Grube, 1851) .