Myrsidea darwini Palma & Price, 2010

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 : 21-22

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1
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scientific name	Myrsidea darwini Palma & Price, 2010
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“ Menopon incertum ” Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 488 (not Menopon incertum Kellogg, 1896 ).

“ Myrsidea incerta ” Clay View in CoL in Linsley & Usinger, 1966: 128 (not Myrsidea incerta (Kellogg, 1896)) View in CoL .

Myrsidea darwini Palma & Price, 2010: 136 , figs 1–5.

Holotype ♀ in MONZ.

Type host: Geospiza fuliginosa Gould, 1837 .

Galápagos hosts: Geospiza magnirostris Gould, 1837 ; Geospiza fuliginosa Gould, 1837 ; Camarhynchus psittacula habeli Sclater & Salvin, 1870 .

Galápagos localities: Isla Pinta; Isla Marchena; Isla Santa Cruz; Isla Española.

Galápagos references: Kellogg & Kuwana (1902); Kellogg (1908: 64); Thompson (1938b: 203); Linsley & Usinger (1966); Palma & Price (2010); Sari et al. (2012: 3).

Other significant references: None.

Material examined: 7 males, 22 females and 19 nymphs (16 samples, MONZ) .

Remarks: This louse species and its hosts are endemic to the Galápagos Islands.