Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) remota Timmermann, 1951

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 : 61-62

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scientific name	Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) remota Timmermann, 1951
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Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) remota Timmermann, 1951 View in CoL New record

“ Docophorus melanocephalus ” Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 462 View in CoL (not Docophorus melanocephalus Burmeister, 1838 View in CoL ). In part Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) remota View in CoL ; in part Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) albemarlensis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) View in CoL .

Saemundssonia lobaticeps remota Timmermann, 1951: 142 View in CoL .

Saemundssonia remota Timmermann, 1951 View in CoL ; Hopkins & Clay 1953: 445.

Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) remota Timmermann, 1951 View in CoL ; Price et al. 2003: 237.

Holotype ♂ in NHML.

Type host: Anous stolidus stolidus ( Linnaeus, 1758) .

Galápagos host: Anous stolidus galapagensis Sharpe, 1879 .

Galápagos localities: Isla Fernandina; Isla Rábida.

Galápagos reference: Kellogg & Kuwana (1902).

Other significant references: Ward & Downey (1973: 395); Palma (1996: 223); Price et al. (2003: 237).

Material examined: 3 males, 2 females and 2 nymphs (2 samples, EMEC, MONZ) .

Remarks: From the Kellogg Collection, we examined two males and one female reported by Kellogg & Kuwana (1902: 462) as “ Docophorus melanocephalus ”. The two males from “ Sterna fuliginosa ”—incorrectly recorded as “male and female” by Kellogg & Kuwana (1902: 462) —are from Clipperton Island, while the female from “ Anous galapagensis ” is from Isla Fernandina. We have identified these three lice as Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) remota . Considering that Kellogg & Kuwana (1902) failed to recognise their material as a different louse species, we regard Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) remota as a “new record” from the Galápagos Islands. Price et al. (2003: 237) listed two regular hosts for Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) remota , including Anous stolidus .

Subgenus Puffinoecus Eichler, 1949 View in CoL Puffinoecus Eichler, 1949 View in CoL . Boll. Soc. Ent. Italiana 79: 12. Type species: Puffinoecus peusi Eichler, 1949 View in CoL = Saemundssonia (Puffinoecus) peusi ( Eichler, 1949) View in CoL (by original designation).