Laemobothrion (Laemobothrion) glutinans Nitzsch, 1861

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 : 8-9

Laemobothrion (Laemobothrion) glutinans Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1861

Laemobothrion glutinans Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1861: 518.

Laemobothrion glutinans Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1861; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 184.

Laemobothrion glutinans Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1861; Nelson & Price 1965: 256, figs 3, 10, 14, 20, 21. Laemobothrion (Laemobothrion) glutinans Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1861; Price et al. 2003: 80.

Laemobothrion glutinans ; González-Acuña & Moreno 2018: 264, fig. 3-20.

Laemobothrion glutinans (Nitzsch, 1861) [sic]; Gutiérrez-Garrido 2021: 19, 24, fig. 8.

Status, sex and repository of types unknown, presumed lost (see Palma 2017: 28).

Type host: Sarcoramphus papa ( Linnaeus, 1758) .

Chilean host: Cathartes aura jota (Molina, 1782).

Other hosts: Cathartes aura aura ( Linnaeus, 1758) ; Cathartes burrovianus (Cassin, 1845) ; Cathartes melambrotus Wetmore, 1964 ; Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) ; Gymnogyps californianus (Shaw, 1797) ; Vultur gryphus Linnaeus, 1758 .

Chilean localities: Coronel: Region VIII; Bulnes: Region XVI.

Geographic distribution: North, Central and South America.

Chilean references: González-Acuña & Moreno (2018); Gutiérrez-Garrido (2021).

Other significant references: Nelson & Price (1965); Price et al. (2003).

Remarks: Laemobothrion glutinans is widely spread, infesting various species of vultures throughout the Americas north into Canada. Gutiérrez-Garrido (2021: 19) collected eight specimens of Laemobothrion glutinans from two turkey vultures. Laemobothrion glutinans and L. maximum (see below) are the largest of all known parasitic lice ( Nelson & Price 1965).