Pectinopygus sulae ( Rudow, 1869 )

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Pectinopygus sulae ( Rudow, 1869)

Lipeurus sulae Rudow, 1869: 43 .

Lipeurus helleri Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 479 , pl. 30, fig. 3.

Lipeurus potens Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902 ; Kellogg, 1906: 319. In part Pectinopygus sulae ; in part Pectinopygus gracilicornis gracilicornis ( Piaget, 1880) ; in part Pectinopygus minor ( Ewing, 1924) ; in part Pectinopygus annulatus ( Piaget, 1880) .

Esthiopterum sulae ( Rudow, 1869) ; Harrison 1916: 142.

Esthiopterum helleri ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) ; Ewing 1924: 82.

Pectinopygus (Pectinopygus) sulae ( Rudow, 1869) ; Thompson 1939: 211.

Pectinopygus sulae ( Rudow, 1869) ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 269.

Pectinopygus sulae ( Rudow, 1869) ; Clay in Linsley & Usinger 1966: 131.

Neotype ♂ in NHML ( Clay & Hopkins (1955: 67).

Type host: Sula leucogaster plotus (Forster, 1844) .

Galápagos host: Sula sula websteri Rothschild, 1898 .

Galápagos localities: Isla Darwin; Isla Wolf; Isla Genovesa.

Galápagos references: Kellogg & Kuwana (1902); Kellogg (1906); Kellogg (1908: 40, 43); Ewing (1924); Thompson (1939); Linsley & Usinger (1966).

Other significant references: Clay & Hopkins (1955: 64, figs 5–7); Clay (1964: 14); Amerson & Emerson (1971: 10, 25); Clay (1973: 222); Palma (1996: 200); Price et al. (2003: 209).

Material examined: 149 males, 124 females and 332 nymphs (7 samples, EMEC, MONZ) .

Remarks: From the Kellogg Collection, we examined the lectotype male of Lipeurus helleri and have identified it as Pectinopygus sulae . Also, we examined many specimens labelled and reported by Kellogg (1906: 319) as “ Lipeurus potens ” from several host species, and have identified them as four species of Pectinopygus , as listed in the synonymy above. Pectinopygus sulae has been recorded from three Sula species ( Price et al. 2003: 209).

Genus Perineus Thompson, 1936

Perineus Thompson, 1936 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 10) 18: 41. Type species: Lipeurus nigrolimbatus Giebel, 1874 = Perineus nigrolimbatus ( Giebel, 1874) (by original designation).