Myrsidea nesomimi nesomimi Palma & Price, 2010

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 : 22-23

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1
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scientific name	Myrsidea nesomimi nesomimi Palma & Price, 2010
status

Treatment

“ Menopon incertum ” Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 488 (not Menopon incertum Kellogg, 1896 ).

“ Myrsidea incerta ” Clay View in CoL in Linsley & Usinger, 1966: 128 (not Myrsidea incerta (Kellogg, 1896)) View in CoL .

Myrsidea sp. ; Parker, Whiteman & Miller 2006: 630.

Myrsidea nesomimi nesomimi Palma & Price, 2010: 138 , figs 6–11.

Holotype ♀ in MONZ.

Type host: Nesomimus macdonaldi Ridgway, 1890 .

Galápagos hosts: Nesomimus trifasciatus (Gould, 1837) ; Nesomimus macdonaldi Ridgway, 1890 .

Galápagos localities: Isla Champion (near Isla Floreana); Isla Gardner (near Isla Floreana); Isla Española; Isla Gardner (near Isla Española).

Galápagos references: Kellogg & Kuwana (1902); Kellogg (1908: 64); Thompson (1938b: 203); Linsley & Usinger (1966); Parker, Whiteman & Miller (2006); Palma & Price (2010); Štefka et al. (2011: 286, 298); Sari et al. (2012: 3).

Other significant references: None.

Material examined: 49 males, 37 females and 102 nymphs (24 samples, EMEC, MONZ) .

Remarks: This louse subspecies and its hosts are endemic to the Galápagos Islands. From the Kellogg Collection, we examined one male reported and labelled as “ Menopon incertum ” from Nesomimus macdonaldi by Kellogg & Kuwana (1902: 488), which we have identified as Myrsidea nesomimi nesomimi .