Antarctophthirus microchir

Antarctophthirus microchir (Trouessart & Neumann, 1888) Echinophthirius microchir Trouessart & Neumann, 1888: 80, figs a–c. Antarctophthirus microchir (Trouessart & Neumann, 1888); Durden & Musser 1994a: 7. Antarctophthirus microchir (Trouessart & Neumann, 1888); Dailey, Ellin & Parás 2005: 614. Syntypes ♀ probably lost (Enderlein 1906: 665; Kim, Pratt & Stojanovich 1986: 46; M.S. Leonardi pers. comm. 2012). Type host: Phocarctos hookeri (Gray, 1844). Galápagos host: Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Silvertsen, 1953. Galápagos localities: Isla Fernandina; Isla Española; Isla Floreana; Isla San Cristóbal. Galápagos reference: Dailey, Ellin & Parás (2005). Other significant references: Enderlein (1906: 663, figs 3–4); Ferris (1934: 489, figs 285–286); Harrison (1937: 10); Kim, Pratt & Stojanovich (1986: 46, pl. 2); Durden & Musser (1994a); Barker (1996: 236); Leonardi et al. (2009: 1086, figs 1–7). Material examined: None. Dailey, Ellin & Parás (2005: 614) reported “Forty-two lice” in 10 samples. Remarks: This louse species parasitises several species of the family Otariidae (Durden & Musser (1994b: 140–141). Family HOPLOPLEURIDAE Ewing, 1929 Hoplopleuridae Ewing, 1929. Manual External Parasites: 133. Type genus: Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1905 (as Hoplopleurinae). Genus Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1905 Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1905. Zool. Anz. 28: 221. Type species: Haematopinus acanthopus (Burmeister, 1839) = Hoplopleura acanthopus (Burmeister, 1839) (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 65-66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/526123