Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) haematopi ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

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 : 59-60

Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) haematopi ( Linnaeus, 1758) New record

Pediculus haematopi Linnaeus, 1758: 613 .

Docophorus acanthus Giebel, 1874: 101 .

Philopterus acanthus ( Giebel, 1874) ; Cummings 1916: 677, fig. 24.

Hastaephorus acanthus ( Giebel, 1874) ; Kéler 1936: 263, figs 2b, 2d.

Saemundssonia acantha ( Giebel, 1874) ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 328 (as junior synonym of Saemundssonia haematopi ( Linnaeus, 1758) .

Saemundssonia haematopi ( Linnaeus, 1758) ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 331.

Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) haematopi ( Linnaeus, 1758) ; Price et al. 2003: 234.

Neotype ♂ in NHML ( Clay & Hopkins 1950: 260).

Type host: Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 . Galápagos host: Haematopus palliatus galapagensis Ridgway, 1886 . Galápagos locality: Isla Marchena. Galápagos references: This paper. Other significant references: Cummings (1916); Kéler (1936); Clay & Hopkins (1950: 259); Timmermann (1957:

37, fig. 5); Timmermann (1971: 158); Clay (1981: 933, figs 2, 6, 8, 10); Palma (1996: 221); Price et al. (2003). Material examined: 2 males, 2 females and 3 nymphs (1 sample, MONZ). Remarks: Although the host Haematopus palliatus galapagensis is endemic to the Galápagos Islands,

Saemundssonia (S.) haematopi has been recorded on several species of Haematopus ( Price et al. 2003: 234) ,

including H. palliatus .