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

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

“ Docophorus melanocephalus ” Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 462 (not Docophorus melanocephalus Burmeister, 1838 ). In part Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) albemarlensis ; in part Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) remota Timmermann, 1951 .

Docophorus albemarlensis Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 465 , pl. 28, fig. 5.

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

“ Docophorus melanocephalus ” Kellogg, 1906: 316 (not Docophorus melanocephalus Burmeister, 1838 ). In part Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) albemarlensis ; in part Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) creagrusa Palma, 2012 .

Philopterus albemarlensis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Harrison 1916: 87.

Saemundssonia albemarlensis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Thompson 1939: 72.

“ Saemundssonia melanocephala ” Thompson, 1939: 73 (not Saemundssonia melanocephala ( Burmeister, 1838)) . In part Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) albemarlensis ; in part Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) creagrusa Palma, 2012 .

Saemundssonia albemarlensis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 329 (as junior synonym of Saemundssonia phaëtona ( Osborn, 1890) .

Saemundssonia petersi Ward, 1955: 90 , fig. 1b,d,f.

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

Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) albemarlensis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Price et al. 2003: 232.

Lectotype ♂ in EMEC (designated below).

Type host: Camarhynchus psittacula affinis Ridgway, 1894 , in error (see Emerson 1972: 154).

Galápagos host: Sterna fuscata crissalis (Lawrence, 1872) .

Galápagos locality: Isla Darwin.

Galápagos references: Kellogg & Kuwana (1902); Kellogg (1906); Kellogg (1908: 10); Thompson (1939); Ward

(1955: 91); Linsley & Usinger (1966).

Other significant references: Emerson (1972: 154); Ward & Downey (1973: 395); Price et al. (2003: 232).

Material examined: 3 males, 8 females and 1 nymph (3 samples, EMEC) .

Remarks: From the Kellogg Collection, we examined the “ lectotype ” male and the “ paralectotype ” female of

Docophorus albemarlensis , both from an incorrect host (see above). In addition to the material examined quoted above—recorded by Kellogg (1906: 316) as Docophorus albemarlensis and D. melanocephalus from Sterna fuscata (as Sterna fuliginosus )—we examined and identified as Saemundssonia (S.) albemarlensis eight males and six females reported by Kellogg & Kuwana (1902: 462) and Kellogg (1906: 316) from incorrect hosts. At present, Sterna fuscata is the only host of this louse species ( Price et al. 2003: 232).

One label of the “ lectotype ” slide of Docophorus albemarlensis reads “T. Clay det. / LECTOTYPE ♂ ”. However, we have been unable to find the formal published designation of this specimen as the lectotype. Therefore, we herewith designate the male on Kellogg Collection slide 1103c “fig-d” as the lectotype of Docophorus albemarlensis , and the remaining female on slide 1065a, as a paralectotype, both contaminants on Camarhynchus psittacula affinis and deposited in EMEC.