Vernoniella guimaraesi Thompson 1948

Vernoniella guimaraesi Thompson, 1948 Vernoniella guimaraesi Thompson, 1948d: 49, figs 1–6. Vernoniella guimarãesi Thompson, 1948d; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 361. Vernoniella guimaraesi Thompson, 1948d; Causton et al. 2006: 142. Holotype ♀ in NHML. Type host: Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758. Galápagos host: Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758. Galápagos localities: Isla Isabela; Isla Pinzón; Isla Santa Cruz. Galápagos reference: Causton et al. (2006). Other significant references: Thompson (1948d); Price et al. (2003: 246). Material examined: 28 males, 20 females and 3 nymphs (3 samples, MONZ). Remarks: Both Vernoniella guimarãesi louse and its host have been introduced to the Galápagos Islands by human agency (Castro & Phillips 1996: 114). At present, Crotophaga ani is the only host of this louse species (Price et al. 2003: 246). Family TRICHODECTIDAE Kellogg, 1896 Trichodectidae Kellogg, 1896a. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 6: 63. Type genus: Trichodectes Nitzsch, 1818. Genus Bovicola Ewing, 1929 Subgenus Bovicola (Bovicola) Ewing, 1929 Bovicola Ewing, 1929. Manual External Parasites: 121, 123, 193. Type species: Trichodectes caprae Gurlt, 1843 = Bovicola (Bovicola) caprae (Gurlt, 1843) (by original designation).Published as part of Palma, Ricardo L. & Peck, Stewart B., 2013, An annotated checklist of parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from the Galápagos Islands , pp. 1-87 in Zootaxa 3627 (1) on pages 64-65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/526123