Austromenopon beckii ( Kellogg, 1906 )

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Austromenopon beckii ( Kellogg, 1906)

Menopon beckii Kellogg, 1906: 322 .

Menopon becki [sic] Kellogg, 1906; Thompson 1938b: 202.

Austromenopon becki [sic] ( Kellogg, 1906); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 47.

Austromenopon becki [sic] ( Kellogg, 1906); Clay in Linsley & Usinger 1966: 127.

Austromenopon beckii ( Kellogg, 1906) ; Price et al. 2003: 90.

Holotype ♀ in EMEC.

Type host: Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758 .

Galápagos host: Phaethon aethereus mesonauta Peters, 1930 .

Galápagos localities: Isla Daphne; Isla Santa Cruz; Isla Champion (near Isla Floreana); Isla Española.

Galápagos references: Kellogg (1906); Kellogg (1908: 61); Linsley & Usinger (1966).

Other significant references: Thompson (1938a: 460, figs 2, 3ac); Carriker (1949: 18); Timmermann (1954b: 198, fig. 4); Palma (1996: 115); Price et al. (2003: 90).

Material examined: 14 males, 24 females and 36 nymphs (3 samples, MONZ) .

Remarks: This is the only Austromenopon species known from all species of Phaethon ( Price et al. 2003: 90, 363).