Anaticola crassicornis ( Scopoli, 1763 )

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 : 27

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5261551
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scientific name	Anaticola crassicornis ( Scopoli, 1763 )
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Anaticola crassicornis ( Scopoli, 1763) View in CoL View at ENA New record

Pediculus crassicornis Scopoli, 1763: 383 .

Esthiopterum crassicorne ( Scopoli, 1763) View in CoL ; Harrison 1916: 132.

Anaticola crassicornis ( Scopoli, 1763) View in CoL ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 32.

Neotype ♂ in NHML ( Clay & Hopkins 1951: 19).

Type host: Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 .

Galápagos host: Anas bahamensis galapagensis (Ridgway, 1889) .

Galápagos locality: Isla Santiago.

Galápagos references: This paper.

Other significant references: Clay & Hopkins (1951: 17, figs 23–25); Eichler & Vasjukova (1980: 345, figs 37–42); Palma (1996: 153); Price et al. (2003: 143).

Material examined: 1 male and 1 nymph (1 sample, MONZ) .

Remarks: Anaticola crassicornis is a new louse record for the Galápagos Islands, and Anaticola is a new genus record for the islands. This louse species is widespread on a large number of host species ( Price et al. 2003: 143), including Anas bahamensis Linnaeus, 1758 .