Philopterus breviformis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902 )

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 : 47-48

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Philopterus breviformis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) View in CoL

Docophorus breviformis Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 463 View in CoL , pl. 28, fig. 3.

“ Docophorus insulicola ” Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 467 View in CoL , ♀ from Geospiza fuliginosa View in CoL (not Docophorus insulicola Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 466 View in CoL ).

Docophorus breviformis Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902 View in CoL ; Kellogg 1906: 317.

Philopterus breviformis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) View in CoL ; Harrison 1916: 89.

Philopterus breviformis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) View in CoL ; Clay in Linsley & Usinger 1966: 131.

Philopterus breviformis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) View in CoL ; Price et al. 2003: 212.

Lectotype ♂ in EMEC (designated below).

Type host: Progne modesta Gould, 1838 .

Galápagos host: Progne modesta Gould, 1838 .

Galápagos localities: Isla Isabela; Isla Santa Cruz.

Galápagos references: Kellogg & Kuwana (1902); Kellogg (1906); Kellogg (1908: 11); Ewing (1924: 82); Thompson (1939: 16); Linsley & Usinger (1966).

Other significant references: Hopkins & Clay (1952: 281); Price et al. (2003).

Material examined: 5 males, 10 females and 2 nymphs (2 samples, EMEC) .

Remarks: This louse species and its host are endemic to the Galápagos Islands. From the Kellogg Collection, we examined the “ lectotype ” male, seven “ paralectotypes ” and four additional specimens of Docophorus breviformis , all from the type host. Also, we examined three further females of Philopterus breviformis , two labelled and reported by Kellogg & Kuwana (1902: 463, 467) as Docophorus breviformis from Geospiza fortis , and one as “ Docophorus insulicola ” from Geospiza fuliginosa . We regard these latter females as contaminants.

One label of the “ lectotype ” slide of Docophorus breviformis reads “ T. Clay det. / LECTOTYPE ♂ ”. However, we have been unable to find the formal published designation of this specimen as the lectotype. Therefore, we herewith designate the male on Kellogg Collection slide 1105a “fig-d” as the lectotype of Docophorus breviformis , with the remaining 9 specimens from Progne modesta (2 males, 5 females and 2 nymphs on slides 1136, 1145a, 1150a,b, 1153) as paralectotypes, all deposited in EMEC .

References

Ewing, H. E. (1924) Bird-infesting Mallophaga collected by the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica: Scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society, 5 (7), 81 - 84.

Harrison, L. (1916) The genera and species of Mallophaga. Parasitology, 9 (1), 1 - 156. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0031182000005989

Hopkins, G. H. E. & Clay, T. (1952) A check list of the genera & species of Mallophaga. Trustees of the British Museum, London. 362 pp.

Kellogg, V. L. & Kuwana, S. I. (1902) Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898 - 1899. X. Entomological results (8). Mallophaga from birds. Proceedings of the Washington. Academy of Sciences, 4, 457 - 499, pls 28 - 31.

Kellogg, V. L. (1906) A second collection of Mallophaga from the birds of the Galapagos and Revillagigedo Islands and neighboring waters. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 32, 315 - 324.

Kellogg, V. L. (1908) Mallophaga. In: Wytsman, P. (Ed.), Genera Insectorum. Brussels. 66, 1 - 87, 3 pls.

Linsley, E. G. & Usinger R. L. (1966) Insects of the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. (4 th Series), 33 (7), 113 - 196.

Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R. A., Palma, R. L., Johnson, K. P. & Clayton, D. H. (2003) The chewing lice: world checklist and biological overview. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication 24. x + 501 pp.

Thompson, G. B. (1939) The Mallophaga (biting-lice) recorded from the Pacific Islands. Entomologist's monthly magazine, 75, 13 - 18, 71 - 76, 120 - 123, 209 - 218.