Halipeurus pelagicus (Denny, 1842)

Lipeurus pelagicus Denny, 1842: 58, 173, pl. 14, fig. 2.

Colima: Fregata magnificens, Clarion Island, 1901, R. Beck (Kellogg 1906).

Baja California: Hydrobates leucorhous, Coronados Islands, 19 Jun. 1913, A.B. Howell (Palma 2011). Note: Specimens of Halipeurus pelagicus were identified by Kellogg (1906) as “ Lipeurus exiguus Kellogg & Kuwana ”. The host association of H. pelagicus with Fregata magnificens is most likely the result of a contamination because this louse does not parasitise any species of Fregata (see Price et al. 2003; Palma 2011).