Pseudomenopon scopulacorne ( Denny, 1842 )

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 : 25

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scientific name	Pseudomenopon scopulacorne ( Denny, 1842 )
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Pseudomenopon scopulacorne ( Denny, 1842) New record

Menopon scopulacorne Denny, 1842: 200 , 221, pl. 18, fig. 9.

Pseudomenopon scopulacorne ( Denny, 1842) ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 303.

Syntypes ♀♀ in NHML ( Thompson 1937a: 76) .

Type host: Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758 .

Galápagos host: Laterallus spilonotus (Gould, 1841) .

Galápagos locality: Isla Santiago.

Galápagos reference: This paper.

Other significant references: Price (1974: 75, figs 10, 12, 20, 25); Price et al. (2003: 136).

Material examined: 3 males, 9 females, 7 nymphs, (1 sample, MONZ) .

Remarks: Pseudomenopon scopulacorne is a new louse record for the Galápagos Islands, and Pseudomenopon is a new genus record for the islands. Also, Ps. scopulacorne is one of three louse species recorded for the first time from Laterallus spilonotus in this paper, although it has been recorded from a number of rallid hosts ( Price et al. 2003: 136).

Genus Trinoton Nitzsch, 1818

Trinoton Nitzsch, 1818 . Germar’s Mag. Ent. 3: 300. Type species: Liotheum (Trinoton) conspurcatum Nitzsch, 1818 = Trinoton anserinum (J.C. Fabricius, 1805) (by monotypy).