Ardeicola nyctanassa Tuff, 1967

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 : 29

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5261560
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scientific name	Ardeicola nyctanassa Tuff, 1967
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Ardeicola nyctanassa Tuff, 1967 View in CoL New record

Ardeicola nyctanassa Tuff, 1967: 258 View in CoL , figs 37–39.

Ardeicola nyctanassa Tuff, 1967 View in CoL ; Price et al. 2003: 149.

Holotype ♂ in USNM.

Type host: Nyctanassa violacea ( Linnaeus, 1758).

Galápagos host: Nyctanassa violacea pauper (Sclater & Salvin, 1870) .

Galápagos localities: Isla Genovesa; Isla Española.

Galápagos reference: This paper.

Other significant reference: Emerson (1972: 23); Price et al. (2003).

Material examined: 16 males, 10 females and 4 nymphs (4 samples, MONZ) .

Remarks: Ardeicola nyctanassa is a new louse record for the Galápagos Islands, and Ardeicola is a new genus record for the islands. At present, Nyctanassa violacea is the only host of A. nyctanassa (see Price et al. 2003: 149).

Genus Austrogoniodes Harrison, 1915

Austrogoniodes Harrison, 1915 . Parasitology 7: 398. Type species: Goniodes waterstoni Cummings, 1914 = Austrogoniodes waterstoni (Cummings, 1914) (by original designation).