Actornithophilus kilauensis ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1902 )

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 : 11

Actornithophilus kilauensis ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1902) New record

Colpocephalum kilauensis Kellogg & Chapman, 1902: 161 , pl. 14, fig. 1.

Colpocephalum kilauense Kellogg & Chapman, 1902 ; Harrison 1916: 50.

Actornithophilus kilauensis ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1902) ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 22.

Lectotype ♀ in EMEC ( Clay 1962: 224, pl. 4, fig 6).

Type host: Heteroscelus incanus (Gmelin, 1789) .

Galápagos host: Heteroscelus incanus (Gmelin, 1789) .

Galápagos locality: Isla Genovesa.

Galápagos references: This paper.

Other significant references: Carriker (1957: 103); Clay (1962: 224, pl. 4, fig 6); Price et al. (2003: 85).

Material examined: 2 males, 3 females and 3 nymphs ( MONZ) .

Remarks: Actornithophilus kilauensis is a new louse record for the Galápagos Islands, and a poorly known species which needs to be properly redescribed ( Clay 1962: 224). This louse has also been recorded from Heteroscelus brevipes (Vieillot,1816) ( Price et al. 2003: 83) .

Genus Ancistrona Westwood, 1874

Ancistrona Westwood, 1874 . Thesaurus Ent. Oxon. : 197. Type species: Ancistrona procellariae Westwood, 1874 = Ancistrona vagelli (J.C. Fabricius, 1787) (by monotypy).