Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839 )
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Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839 ) |
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Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839) View in CoL
Pediculus spinulosus Burmeister, 1839 : species 8, unnumbered page.
Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839) View in CoL ; Ferris 1923: 188: fig. 119 ♂.
Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839) View in CoL ; Clay in Linsley & Usinger 1966: 132.
Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839) View in CoL ; Durden & Musser 1994a: 73.
Types probably lost ( Kim, Pratt & Stojanovich 1986: 206).
Type host: Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) .
Galápagos host: Rattus rattus ( Linnaeus, 1758) .
Galápagos locality: Isla Floreana.
Galápagos references: Ferris (1923); Brinck (1951: 246); Linsley & Usinger (1966); Peck et al. (1998: 224); Causton et al. (2006: 142).
Other significant reference: Kim, Pratt & Stojanovich (1986: 206, pl. 75); Durden & Musser (1994a); Barker (1996: 246).
Material examined: None. Brinck (1951: 246) examined “ 17 specimens ”.
Remarks: Both Polyplax spinulosa and its host have been introduced to the Galápagos Islands by human agency.
Species deleted from the Galápagos louse fauna
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Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839 )
Palma, Ricardo L. & Peck, Stewart B. 2013 |
Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839 )
Durden, L. A. & Musser, G. G. 1994: 73 |
Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839 )
Linsley, E. G. & Usinger R. L. 1966: 132 |
Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839 )
Ferris, G. F. 1923: 188 |