Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) platygaster ( Denny, 1842 )

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Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) platygaster ( Denny, 1842)

Docophorus platygaster Denny, 1842: 44 , 83, pl. 2, fig. 5.

Docophorus peristictus Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 462 , pl. 28, fig. 2.

Philopterus peristictus ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Harrison 1916: 101.

Philopterus platygaster ( Denny, 1842) ; Harrison 1916: 102.

Saemundssonia peristictus ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Thompson 1939: 73.

Saemundssonia platygaster ( Denny, 1842) ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 335.

Saemundssonia peristicta ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Ward 1953: 203.

Saemundssonia platygaster ( Denny, 1842) ; Clay in Linsley & Usinger 1966: 132.

Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) platygaster ( Denny, 1842) ; Price et al. 2003: 236.

Syntypes probably lost ( Thompson 1937a: 78).

Type host: Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758 .

Galápagos hosts: Unconfirmed, possibly Arenaria interpres ( Linnaeus, 1758) , Actitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766) , and/or Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825 (see Ward 1953: 203).

Galápagos localities: Isla Isabela; Isla Santa Fé.

Galápagos references: Kellogg & Kuwana (1902); Kellogg (1906: 316); Kellogg (1908: 18); Thompson (1939); Harrison (1916: 101); Ward (1953); Linsley & Usinger (1966).

Other significant references: Timmermann (1969a: 233); Palma (1996: 224); Price et al. (2003).

Material examined: 2 females (2 samples, EMEC) .

Remarks: From the Kellogg Collection, we examined six specimens from the type material of Docophorus peristictus : two females from Galápagos Islands hosts, plus two males and two females from Clipperton and Guadalupe Islands. These specimens were remounted and identified by Ward (1953) as Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) platygaster . This louse species has not been collected again from any Galápagos host, although it has been recorded from a large number of charadriiform species ( Price et al. 2003: 236), including the three Galápagos hosts listed above.