Austromenopon navigans (Kellogg, 1896)

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Austromenopon navigans (Kellogg, 1896)

Menopon navigans Kellogg, 1896a: 156 , pl. 14, figs 4–5.

Menopon navigans Kellogg, 1896 ; Kellogg 1906: 322.

Procellariphaga navigans (Kellogg, 1896) ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 299.

Austromenopon navigans (Kellogg, 1896) ; Clay in Linsley & Usinger 1966: 127.

Austromenopon navigans (Kellogg, 1896) ; Price & Clay 1972: 490, figs 13–15, 17.

Austromenopon bulleri Price & Clay 1972: 491 , fig. 16.

Syntypes ♀ lost ( Price & Clay 1972: 491).

Type host: Phoebastria albatrus (Pallas, 1769) .

Galápagos host: Phoebastria irrorata (Salvin, 1883) .

Galápagos locality: Isla Española.

Galápagos references: Kellogg (1906: 322); Ewing (1924: 82); Thompson (1938b: 204); Linsley & Usinger (1966).

Other significant references: Timmermann (1965: 166); Price & Clay (1972: 490); Palma (1994a: 64); Palma (1996: 117); Price et al. (2003: 91).

Material examined: 9 males, 23 females and 6 nymphs (5 samples, MONZ) .

Remarks: Kellogg (1906: 322) reported A. navigans from “ Sula variegata ”, but this bird is not a regular, natural host for that louse species. Therefore, although this is not a new louse record for the Galápagos Islands, it represents a new host-louse association. Austromenopon navigans has been recorded from several species of small albatrosses now placed in the genera Thalassarche and Phoebastria , but listed as Diomedea by Price et al. (2003: 91).