Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839 )

Palma, Ricardo L. & Peck, Stewart B., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from the Galápagos Islands </ strong>, Zootaxa 3627 (1), pp. 1-87 : 67

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CF87F2-FFA0-FFB8-2DDE-51B073124F72

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839 )
status

 

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Psocodea

Family

Polyplacidae

Genus

Polyplax

Loc

Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839 )

Palma, Ricardo L. & Peck, Stewart B. 2013
2013
Loc

Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839 )

Durden, L. A. & Musser, G. G. 1994: 73
1994
Loc

Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839 )

Linsley, E. G. & Usinger R. L. 1966: 132
1966
Loc

Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839 )

Ferris, G. F. 1923: 188
1923
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