Antarctophthirus microchir ( Trouessart & Neumann, 1888 )

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 : 65-66

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scientific name	Antarctophthirus microchir ( Trouessart & Neumann, 1888 )
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Antarctophthirus microchir ( Trouessart & Neumann, 1888) View in CoL

Echinophthirius microchir Trouessart & Neumann, 1888: 80 View in CoL , figs a–c.

Antarctophthirus microchir ( Trouessart & Neumann, 1888) View in CoL ; Durden & Musser 1994a: 7.

Antarctophthirus microchir ( Trouessart & Neumann, 1888) View in CoL ; Dailey, Ellin & Parás 2005: 614.

Syntypes ♀ probably lost ( Enderlein 1906: 665; Kim, Pratt & Stojanovich 1986: 46; M.S. Leonardi pers. comm. 2012). Type host: Phocarctos hookeri (Gray, 1844) View in CoL .

Galápagos host: Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Silvertsen, 1953 .

Galápagos localities: Isla Fernandina; Isla Española; Isla Floreana; Isla San Cristóbal.

Galápagos reference: Dailey, Ellin & Parás (2005).

Other significant references: Enderlein (1906: 663, figs 3–4); Ferris (1934: 489, figs 285–286); Harrison (1937: 10); Kim, Pratt & Stojanovich (1986: 46, pl. 2); Durden & Musser (1994a); Barker (1996: 236); Leonardi et al. (2009: 1086, figs 1–7).

Material examined: None. Dailey, Ellin & Parás (2005: 614) reported “Forty-two lice” in 10 samples.

Remarks: This louse species parasitises several species of the family Otariidae ( Durden & Musser (1994b: 140–141).

Family HOPLOPLEURIDAE Ewing, 1929 View in CoL

Hoplopleuridae Ewing, 1929 View in CoL . Manual External Parasites: 133. Type genus: Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1905 View in CoL (as Hoplopleurinae).

Genus Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1905 View in CoL

Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1905 View in CoL . Zool. Anz. 28: 221. Type species: Haematopinus acanthopus ( Burmeister, 1839) = Hoplopleura acanthopus ( Burmeister, 1839) View in CoL (by original designation).