Saemundssonia (Puffinoecus) minor ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902 )

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Saemundssonia (Puffinoecus) minor ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902)

Docophorus validus var. minor Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 460 .

Docophorus validus minor Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902 ; Kellogg 1906: 316.

Philopterus minor ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Harrison 1916: 99.

Saemundssonia spec. ; Timmermann 1957: 47, fig. 20.

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

Puffinoecus minor ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Martín-Mateo 1996: 54, figs 1G, 3B–5B, 6C, 7B.

Saemundssonia (Puffinoecus) minor ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Price et al. 2003: 235.

Lectotype ♂ in EMEC (designated below).

Type host: Puffinus subalaris Ridgway, 1897 .

Galápagos host: Puffinus subalaris Ridgway, 1897 .

Galápagos localities: Isla Darwin; Isla Fernandina; Isla Isabela; Isla Santa Cruz; Isla Plaza.

Galápagos references: Kellogg & Kuwana (1902); Kellogg (1906); Kellogg (1908: 20); Thompson (1939: 71); Timmermann (1957); Linsley & Usinger (1966); Martín-Mateo (1996: 55).

Other significant references: Timmermann (1965: 81); Mey (1989: 54); Price et al. (2003).

Material examined: 19 males, 13 females and 6 nymphs (8 samples, EMEC, MONZ) .

Remarks: This louse species and its host are endemic to the Galápagos Islands. Although Dickinson (2003: 76) listed the host of this louse as Puffinus lherminieri subalaris , we regard it as a full species following Austin et al. (2004: 859).

In the original description of Docophorus validus minor, Kellogg & Kuwana (1902: 460–461) only mention “Four specimens, male and female, from Puffinus subalaris from Narboro, and one male and one female from Nesomimus carringtoni from Barrington.”. However, in the Kellogg Collection we found and examined the “ lectotype ” male and 12 putative “ paralectotypes ” with same host and locality data as above, as well as 15 further specimens reported by Kellogg (1906: 316). It would appear as if Kellogg & Kuwana (1902) missed listing all the specimens available to them.

One label of the “ lectotype ” slide of Docophorus validus minor 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 1048b as the lectotype of Docophorus validus minor , with the remaining 9 specimens from Puffinus subalaris (4 males, 3 females and 2 nymphs on slides 1040a,b, 1048a,d,c, 1075b,c) as paralectotypes, all deposited in EMEC .

Timmermann (1957: fig. 20) depicted the male genitalia of a louse from “ assimilis Galapagos ” which agree with the male genitalia of Saemundssonia (Puffinoecus) minor . The host of this louse has sometimes been referred to as the subspecies Puffinus assimilis subalaris (see e.g. Hellmayr & Conover 1948: 73).

Genus Strigiphilus Mjöberg, 1910

Strigiphilus Mjöberg, 1910 . Arkiv Zool. 6 (13): 132. Type species: Docophorus heterocerus Nitzsch, 1861 = Strigiphilus goniodicerus Eichler, 1949 (by original designation).