Austromenopon oceanodromae Price & Clay, 1972

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 : 14

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scientific name	Austromenopon oceanodromae Price & Clay, 1972
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Austromenopon oceanodromae Price & Clay, 1972 New record

Austromenopon oceanodromae Price & Clay, 1972: 501 , figs 49–50.

Austromenopon oceanodromae Price & Clay, 1972 ; Price et al. 2003: 92.

Holotype ♀ in NHML.

Type host: Oceanodroma hornbyi (Gray, 1854) .

Galápagos hosts: Oceanodroma tethys tethys (Bonaparte, 1852) ; Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt, 1851) .

Galápagos localities: Isla Plaza; Islote Corona del Diablo (near Isla Floreana); at sea, 70 miles SW from the archipelago.

Galápagos reference: This paper.

Other significant references: Price et al. (2003: 92); Palma (2010: 195, 214).

Material examined: 8 males, 13 females and 4 nymphs (6 samples, MONZ) .

Remarks: This is the first record of Austromenopon oceanodromae from the Galápagos Islands. Austromenopon oceanodromae has been recorded from four species of Oceanodroma , including the two host species from the Galápagos Islands ( Price et al. 2003: 92).