Austromenopon paululum ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899 )

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 : 16

Austromenopon paululum ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899)

Menopon paululum Kellogg & Chapman, 1899: 119 , pl. 8: fig. 2.

Procellariphaga paulula ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899) ; Eichler 1949b: 346.

Procellariphaga paulula ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899) ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 299.

Austromenopon spec. ; Timmermann 1963: 414, fig. 8a.

Austromenopon paululum ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899) ; Timmermann 1963: 416.

Austromenopon piekarskii Timmermann, 1963: 417 , fig. 9.

Austromenopon paululum ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899) ; Timmermann 1965: 171.

Austromenopon piekarskii Timmermann, 1963 ; Timmermann 1965: 173, fig. 108.

Austromenopon paululum ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899) ; Price & Clay 1972: 494, fig. 34.

Austromenopon paululum ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899) ; Price et al. 2003: 92.

Austromenopon paululum ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899) ; Palma 2017: 49.

Lectotype ♀ in EMEC (see Price & Clay 1972: 496).

Type host: Puffinus opisthomelas Coues, 1864 .

Chilean hosts: Puffinus creatopus Coues, 1864 ; Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789) .

Other hosts: Puffinus pacifica pacifica (Gmelin, 1789) ; Puffinus pacifica chlororhyncha Lesson, 1831 ; Puffinus bulleri Salvin, 1888 ; Puffinus carneipes Gould, 1844 ; Puffinus gravis (O’Reilly, 1818) ; Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck, 1835) ; Puffinus newelli Henshaw, 1900 ; Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich, 1764) ; Puffinus gavia (J.R. Forster, 1844) ; Puffinus huttoni Mathews, 1912 ; Puffinus assimilis kermadecensis Murphy, 1927 ; Puffinus assimilis haurakiensis Fleming & Serventy, 1943 ; Puffinus elegans Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869 ; Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827) ; Puffinus mauretanicus Lowe, 1921 ; Puffinus nativitatis Streets, 1877 ; Puffinus lherminieri Lesson, 1839 ; Puffinus auricularis Townsend, 1890 ; Puffinus assimilis boydi Mathews, 1912 ; Puffinus assimilis tunneyi Mathews, 1912 .

Chilean localities: Valparaíso: Region V; Puerto Montt: Region X .

Geographic distribution: Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

Chilean references: Price & Clay (1972: 496); this catalogue.

Other significant references: Eichler (1949b); Timmermann (1963); Timmermann (1965); Palma (1996: 117); Martín-Mateo (2002: 62, figs 18B, I, 19D); Price et al. (2003); Hänel & Palma (2007: 112, 121, 130); Palma (2010: 407); Palma (2017).

Remarks: Puffinus creatopus is a new host record for Austromenopon paululum in Chile, and Valparaíso and Puerto Montt are new locality records for this louse species in Chile, all based on samples held in MONZ.