Pediculus humanus capitis de Geer, 1778

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 : 66-67

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5261618

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Pediculus humanus capitis de Geer, 1778
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Pediculus humanus capitis de Geer, 1778 View in CoL

Pediculus humanus capitis de Geer, 1778: 67 View in CoL , pl. 1, figs 6–7.

Pediculus humanus capitis de Geer, 1778 View in CoL ; Causton et al. 2006: 142.

Status, sex and location of types unknown.

Type host: Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 .

Galápagos host: Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 .

Galápagos locality: Isla Santa Cruz.

Galápagos reference: Causton et al. (2006).

Other significant references: Ferris (1935: 543, figs 306–327, pls I –III); Kim, Pratt & Stojanovich (1986: 150, pl. 48); Durden & Musser (1994a: 50); Barker (1996: 245).

Material examined: 1 female and 1 nymph (1 sample, MONZ) .

Remarks: A louse introduced to the Galápagos Islands with its human hosts.

Family POLYPLACIDAE Fahrenholz, 1912 View in CoL

Polyplacinae Fahrenholz, 1912. Jahrb. Niedersächs. Zool Ver. Hannover 2–4: 58. Type genus: Polyplax Enderlein, 1904 View in CoL .

Genus Polyplax Enderlein, 1904 View in CoL

Polyplax Enderlein, 1904 View in CoL . Zool. Anz. 28: 139, 142. Type species: Polyplax spinulosa ( Burmeister, 1839) View in CoL (by original designation).

Barker, S. C. (1996) Trichodectidae; Anoplura. Pp. 231 - 247. In: Wells, A. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. Volume 26, xiv + 414 pp.

Burmeister, H. C. C. (1839) Genera Insectorum. Rhynchota. 8 (no pagination). Berlin.

Causton, C. E., Peck, S. B., Sinclair, B. J., Roque-Albelo, L., Hodgson, C. J. & Landry, B. (2006) Alien insects: threats and implications for conservation of Galapagos Islands. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 99, 121 - 143. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1603 / 0013 - 8746 (2006) 099 [0121: AITAIF] 2.0. CO; 2

De Geer, C. (1778) Des Ricins. Pp. 69 - 82, pl. 4. In: De Geer, C., Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des insectes. Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm. Volume 7. 950 pp., 49 pls.

Durden, L. A. & Musser, G. G. (1994 a) The sucking lice (Insecta: Anoplura) of the world: a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographical distributions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 218, 1 - 90.

Enderlein, G. (1904) Lause-Studien. I. Uber die Morphologie, Klassifikation und systematische Stellung der Anopluren nebst Bemerkungen zur Systematik der Insektenordnungen. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 28, 121 - 147.

Fahrenholz, H. (1912) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Anopluren. Jahresbericht des Niedersachsischen Zoologischen Vereins, 2 - 4, 1 - 60.

Ferris, G. F. (1935) Contributions toward a monograph of the sucking lice. Part VIII. Stanford University Publications, Biological Sciences, 2 (8), 529 - 634. Stanford University Press: California.

Kim, K. C., Pratt, H. D. & Stojanovich, C. J. (1986) The sucking lice of North America - An illustrated manual for identification. The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park and London. xii + 241 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.

MONZ

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Psocodea

Family

Pediculidae

Genus

Pediculus