Austromenopon atrofulvum ( Piaget, 1880 )

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 : 12

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5261514
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scientific name	Austromenopon atrofulvum ( Piaget, 1880 )
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Austromenopon atrofulvum ( Piaget, 1880) New record

Menopon atrofulvum Piaget, 1880: 483 , pl. 39, fig. 2.

Austromenopon atrofulvum ( Piaget, 1880) ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 47.

Lectotype ♂ in NHML ( Clay 1949: 819).

Type host: Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758 , in error (see Hopkins & Clay 1952: 47).

Galápagos host: Anous stolidus galapagensis Sharpe, 1879 .

Galápagos localities: Isla Seymour; Isla Rábida.

Galápagos references: This paper.

Other significant references: Clay (1949: 819); Clay (1959: 163–166, figs 6, 35); Clay & Moreby (1967: 158, fig. 67); Palma (1996: 115); Price et al. (2003: 90).

Material examined: 2 males, 2 females and 1 nymph (3 samples, MONZ) .

Remarks: This is the first record of Austromenopon atrofulvum from the Galápagos Islands. This species is the only Austromenopon known from all species of terns ( Price et al. 2003: 90, 290, 293).