Quadraceps auratus ( Haan, 1829 )

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 : 49

Quadraceps auratus ( Haan, 1829)

Philopterus (Docophorus) auratus Haan, 1829: 310 , pl. 5, fig. 9.

“ Nirmus galapagensis ” Kellogg 1906: 317 (not Nirmus galapagensis Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902 ). Degeeriella aurata (Lyonet [sic], 1829); Harrison 1916: 109.

Quadraceps auratus ( Haan, 1829) ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 309.

Haematophagus auratus ( Haan, 1829) ; Złotorzycka 1967: 748, pl. 10, figs 1–4.

Quadraceps auratus ( Haan, 1829) ; Palma 1995: 219.

Neotype ♀ in NHML ( Hopkins 1949: 31, pl 1, fig. 2).

Type host: Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 .

Galápagos host: Haematopus palliatus galapagensis Ridgway, 1886 .

Galápagos localities: Isla Marchena; Isla Santiago.

Galápagos references: Kellogg (1906); Palma (1995).

Other significant references: Hopkins (1949: 29); Clay (1981: 936, figs 4, 12, 14, 17–18, 20, 22); Palma (1996: 209); Price et al. (2003: 223).

Material examined: 4 males and 4 females (2 samples, MONZ) .

Remarks: From the Kellogg Collection, we examined one female labelled and reported by Kellogg (1906: 317) as “ Nirmus galapagensis ” from “ Geospiza fortis ”, which we have identified as Quadraceps auratus . This louse species has been recorded from most Haematopus species ( Price et al. 2003: 223).