Physconelloides galapagensis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902 )

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Physconelloides galapagensis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902)

Goniocotes galapagensis Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 481 , pl. 30, fig. 5. Goniocotes galapagensis Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902 ; Kellogg 1906: 320. Physconelloides galapagensis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 291. Physconelloides galapagensis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Clay in Linsley & Usinger 1966: 131. Physconelloides galapagensis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Price, Clayton & Hellenthal 1999: 196, figs 1–7.

Syntypes ♀ presumed lost (see below).

Type hosts: Camarhynchus pallidus productus Ridgway, 1894 ; Geospiza fuliginosa Gould, 1837 and Oceanites gracilis (Elliot, 1859) , all in error (see Price, Clayton & Hellenthal 1999: 198).

Galápagos host: Zenaida galapagoensis Gould, 1839 .

Galápagos localities: Isla Pinta; Isla Marchena; Isla Genovesa; Isla Fernandina; Isla Isabela; Isla Santiago; Isla Santa Cruz; Isla Floreana; Isla Española.

Galápagos references: Kellogg & Kuwana (1902); Kellogg (1906); Kellogg (1908: 33); Thompson (1939: 15); Thompson (1950: 274); Emerson (1960a: 124); Linsley & Usinger (1966); Price, Clayton & Hellenthal (1999); Johnson, Adams & Clayton (2001: 864); Whiteman et al. (2004: 1115); Parker, Whiteman & Miller (2006: 629); Santiago-Alarcón et al. (2008: 587); Sari et al. (2012: 3).

Other significant references: Tendeiro (1980: 136); Price et al. (2003: 218).

Material examined: 46 males, 40 females and 56 nymphs (19 samples, MONZ) .

Remarks: Both Physconelloides galapagensis and its host are endemic to the Galápagos Islands. Kellogg (1906: 320) reported Zenaida galapagoensis (as Nesopelia galapagoensis ) as a host for Physconelloides galapagensis , and three other bird species that are incorrect hosts for this louse. None of the specimens (syntypes) mentioned by Kellogg & Kuwana (1902: 481) were located in the EMEC or in other collections holding Kellogg material; therefore, they are presumed lost.

Genus Quadraceps Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1939

Quadraceps Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1939 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 11) 4: 453. Type species: Degeeriella vanelli ( Denny, 1842) = Quadraceps charadrii hospes (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866) (by original designation).

Koeniginirmus Eichler, 1940 . Zool. Anz. 130: 101. Type species: “ Koeniginirmus punctatus (Nitzsch in Burmeister, 1838)” = Quadraceps punctatus ( Burmeister, 1838) (by original designation).

Haematophagus Timmermann, 1950 . Fauna Islandica 2: 1, 2. Type species: Quadraceps haematopi ( Denny, 1842 = Quadraceps auratus ( Haan, 1829) (by original designation).

Proneptis Timmermann, 1953 . Bombus 78/79: 331. Type species: Proneptis semifissa (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866) = Quadraceps semifissus (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866) (by original designation).

Chadraceps Złotorzycka, 1967 . Polskie Pismo Entomol. 37 (4): 728. Type species: Pediculus hiaticulae O. Fabricius, 1780 = Quadraceps hiaticulae (O. Fabricius, 1780) (by original designation).

Anousceps Złotorzycka, 1967 . Polskie Pismo Entomol. 37 (4): 730. Type species: Nirmus separatus Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902 = Quadraceps separatus ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) (by original designation).

Himantophagus Złotorzycka, 1967 . Polskie Pismo Entomol. 37 (4): 733. Type species: Nirmus hemichrous Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866 = Quadraceps hemichrous (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866) (by original designation).

Laminonirmus Złotorzycka, 1967. Polskie Pismo Entomol. 37 (4): 754. Type species: Nirmus ornatus Grube, 1851 = Quadraceps ornatus (Grube, 1851) (by original designation).