Quadraceps macrocephalus ( Waterston, 1914 )

Gonza ́ Lez-Acun, Daniel A. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2021, An annotated catalogue of bird lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from Chile, Zootaxa 5077 (1), pp. 1-151 : 101

Quadraceps macrocephalus ( Waterston, 1914) New record

Nirmus macrocephalus Waterston, 1914: 284 , pl. 25: figs 2, 5.

Degeeriella macrocephala Waterston, 1914 [sic]; Harrison 1916: 117.

Quadraceps macrocephalus ( Waterston, 1914) ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 313.

Quadraceps assimilis macrocephalus ( Waterston, 1914) ; Timmermann 1953: 179.

Quadraceps assimilis macrocephalus ( Waterston, 1914) ; Timmermann 1957: 60.

Quadraceps assimilis macrocephalus ( Waterston, 1914) ; Złotorzycka 1967: 710.

Quadraceps assimilis macrocephalus ( Waterston, 1914) ; Timmermann 1969a: 251, fig. 6a.

Quadraceps macrocephalus ( Waterston, 1914) ; Palma 1996: 212.

Quadraceps macrocephalus ( Waterston, 1914) ; Price et al. 2003: 225.

Syntypes ♂ ♀ in SAMS (see Palma 1996: 212) .

Type host: Charadrius pecuarius Temminck, 1823 .

Chilean host: Charadrius falklandicus Latham, 1790 .

Other hosts: Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758 ; Charadrius alticola (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902) ; Charadrius collaris Vieillot, 1818 ; Charadrius melodus Ord, 1824 ; Charadrius ruficapillus Temminck, 1821 ; Charadrius sanctaehelenae (Harting, 1873) ; Charadrius venustus Fischer & Reichenow, 1884 ; Charadrius wilsonia Ord, 1814 .

Chilean locality: Río Tres Brazos (Magallanes): Region XII.

Geographic distribution: Africa; Australasia; Eurasia; North, Central and South America.

Chilean reference: This catalogue.

Other significant references: Timmermann (1953); Timmermann (1957); Złotorzycka (1967); Timmermann (1969a); Palma (1996); Price et al. (2003).

Remarks: This is the first record of Quadraceps macrocephalus from Chile, based on one sample from Charadrius falklandicus held in NHML ( Shchedrina et al. 2017).