Pectinopygus occidentalis Thompson, 1948

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 : 45

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

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scientific name

Pectinopygus occidentalis Thompson, 1948
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Pectinopygus occidentalis Thompson, 1948 View in CoL New record

Pectinopygus View in CoL ( Epipelicanus [sic]) occidentalis Thompson, 1948a: 318 View in CoL , figs 1–9.

Pectinopygus occidentalis Thompson, 1948 View in CoL ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 270.

Pectinopygus occidentalis Thompson, 1948 View in CoL ; Price et al. 2003: 208.

Holotype ♀ in NHML.

Type host: Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis Linnaeus, 1766 .

Galápagos host: Pelecanus occidentalis urinator Wetmore, 1945 .

Galápagos localities: Isla Santiago; Isla Rábida.

Galápagos references: This paper.

Other significant references: Clay (1961: 58); Price et al. (2003: 208).

Material examined: 8 males, 16 females and 71 nymphs (4 samples, MONZ) .

Remarks: This is the first record of Pectinopygus occidentalis from the Galápagos Islands. Pelecanus occidentalis is the only host species known for this louse species ( Price et al. 2003: 208).

Clay, T. (1961) Three new species of Mallophaga (Insecta) -- A new species of Pectinopygus Mjoberg, 1910 (Philopteridae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 11 (2), 53 - 58, pl. 1.

Hopkins, G. H. E. & Clay, T. (1952) A check list of the genera & species of Mallophaga. Trustees of the British Museum, London. 362 pp.

Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R. A., Palma, R. L., Johnson, K. P. & Clayton, D. H. (2003) The chewing lice: world checklist and biological overview. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication 24. x + 501 pp.

Thompson, G. B. (1948 a) Notes on species of the genus Pectinopygus (s. l.) -- (Mallophaga). - IV. Annals and magazine of natural history (Series 11), 14, 317 - 327.

NHML

Natural History Museum, Tripoli

MONZ

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Psocodea

Family

Philopteridae

Genus

Pectinopygus