Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) platycephalus ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902 )

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Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) platycephalus ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902)

Docophorus platycephalus Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 461 , pl. 28, fig. 1.

Docophorus breviformis Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 463 . In part Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) platycephalus ; in part Philopterus breviformis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) .

Docophorus platycephalus Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902 ; Kellogg 1906: 316.

Philopterus platycephalus ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Harrison 1916: 102.

Saemundssonia platycephalus ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Clay in Linsley & Usinger 1966: 132.

Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) platycephalus ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Price et al. 2003: 236.

Lectotype ♂ in EMEC ( Clay & Moreby 1967: 165).

Type host: Oceanites gracilis galapagoensis Lowe, 1921 .

Galápagos host: Oceanites gracilis galapagoensis Lowe, 1921 .

Galápagos localities: Isla Wolf; Isla Isabela.

Galápagos references: Kellogg & Kuwana (1902); Kellogg (1906); Kellogg (1908: 18); Thompson (1939: 71); Linsley & Usinger (1966).

Other significant references: Price et al. (2003: 236).

Material examined: 1 male and 5 females (3 samples, EMEC) .

Remarks: From the Kellogg Collection, we examined the lectotype male and two paralectotype females of Docophorus platycephalus , as well as three females reported by Kellogg (1906: 316) from Wenman Island (= Isla Wolf). In addition, we examined one female from an incorrect host and one male from “ Actitis macularia ” reported by Kellogg & Kuwana (1902: 463) as “ Docophorus breviformis ”, which we identified as Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) platycephalus . Price et al. (2003: 236) listed two regular hosts for Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) platycephalus , including Oceanites gracilis (Elliot, 1859) .