Vernoniella guimaraesi Thompson, 1948

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 : 64-65

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5261614
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scientific name	Vernoniella guimaraesi Thompson, 1948
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Vernoniella guimaraesi Thompson, 1948 View in CoL

Vernoniella guimaraesi Thompson, 1948d: 49 View in CoL , figs 1–6.

Vernoniella guimarãesi Thompson, 1948d View in CoL ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 361.

Vernoniella guimaraesi Thompson, 1948d View in CoL ; Causton et al. 2006: 142.

Holotype ♀ in NHML.

Type host: Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758 .

Galápagos host: Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758 .

Galápagos localities: Isla Isabela; Isla Pinzón; Isla Santa Cruz.

Galápagos reference: Causton et al. (2006).

Other significant references: Thompson (1948d); Price et al. (2003: 246).

Material examined: 28 males, 20 females and 3 nymphs (3 samples, MONZ) .

Remarks: Both Vernoniella guimarãesi louse and its host have been introduced to the Galápagos Islands by human agency ( Castro & Phillips 1996: 114). At present, Crotophaga ani is the only host of this louse species ( Price et al. 2003: 246).

Family TRICHODECTIDAE Kellogg, 1896 View in CoL Trichodectidae Kellogg, 1896a View in CoL . Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 6: 63. Type genus: Trichodectes Nitzsch, 1818 View in CoL .

Genus Bovicola Ewing, 1929 View in CoL

Subgenus Bovicola (Bovicola) Ewing, 1929 View in CoL Bovicola Ewing, 1929 View in CoL . Manual External Parasites: 121, 123, 193. Type species: Trichodectes caprae Gurlt, 1843 View in CoL = Bovicola (Bovicola) caprae ( Gurlt, 1843) View in CoL (by original designation).