Quadraceps hemichrous (Nitzsch, 1866)

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Quadraceps hemichrous View in CoL (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866)

Nirmus hemichrous Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866: 372.

Degeeriella hemichroa (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866); Harrison 1916: 114.

Quadraceps hemichrous View in CoL (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 311.

Quadraceps hemichrous View in CoL (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866); Timmermann 1954c: 169, fig. 8.

Himantophagus hemichrous View in CoL (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866); Złotorzycka 1967: 734.

Quadraceps hemichrous View in CoL (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866); Palma 1995: 219.

Neotype ♂ in NHML ( Timmermann 1954c: 170).

Type host: Himantopus himantopus himantopus ( Linnaeus, 1758) .

Galápagos host: Himantopus himantopus mexicanus (Statius Müller, 1776) .

Galápagos locality: Isla Santa Cruz.

Galápagos reference: Palma (1995).

Other significant references: Timmermann (1954c; 1957: 65); Złotorzycka (1967); Palma (1996: 211); Price et al. (2003: 224).

Material examined: 1 male ( MONZ) .

Remarks: Himantopus himantopus mexicanus is a common resident on lagoons of the Galápagos Islands ( Harris 1989: 107; Castro & Phillips 1996: 105), and one of several hosts listed for this louse species by Price et al. (2003: 224).

References

Castro, I. & Phillips, A. (1996) A guide to the birds of the Galapagos Islands. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. 144 pp.

Harris, M. (1989) The Collins field guide to the birds of Galapagos (Revised edition). The Stephens Greene Press, Lexington, Massachusetts. 160 pp., 12 pls.

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.

Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10 th Edition. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 1, 1 - 824.

Palma, R. L. (1995) A new synonymy and new records of Quadraceps (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from the Galapagos Islands. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 22 (2), 217 - 222. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 03014223.1995.9518037

Palma, R. L. (1996) Laemobothriidae; Menoponidae; Ricinidae; Philopteridae. Pp 106 - 230. I n: Wells, A. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. Volume 26, xiv + 414 pp.

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.

Timmermann, G. (1954 c) Neue and wenig bekannte Kletterfederlinge von charadriiformen Wirten. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 152 (7 / 8), 163 - 177.

Timmermann, G. (1957) Studien zu einer vergleichenden Parasitologie der Charadriiformes oder Regenpfeifervogel. 1: Mallophaga. Parasitologische Schriftenreihe, 8, 1 - 204, pls 1 - 15.

Zlotorzycka, J. (1967) Studien uber Quadraceps s. l. (Mallophaga, Quadraceptinae). Ubersicht der Arten und systematische Revision mit bisonderer Berucksichtigung der synhospitalen und allohospitalen Arten. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 37 (4), 705 - 785, pls. 1 - 17.