Quadraceps nesiotes Bush 2017, new combination
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Description
Quadraceps nesiotes (Kellogg & Mann, 1912), new combination
Nirmus nesiotes Kellogg & Mann, 1912: 60
Brueelia nesiotes (Kellogg & Mann), 1912; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 59
Type host. Haematopus bachmani Audubon, 1838 — black oystercatcher.
Remarks. This species is known from a single male (the holotype) taken from an oystercatcher and is not illustrated. Hopkins & Clay (1952) believed its true host may be some member of the Ramphastidae, a family that does not occur in the collection locality: San Martin Island, Baja California, Mexico.
The type is very poorly preserved, with male genitalia, virtually all setae, and preantennal area are all obscured. Based on the characters that can be interpreted, it is very similar to Quadraceps auratus (Haan, 1829), a species widely distributed on several species of Haematopus, including H. bachmani (see Price et al. 2003: 289). However, the poor condition of the holotype and does not allow a proper comparison with Quadraceps auratus to ascertain a possible synonymy.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Philopteridae
- Genus
- Quadraceps
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Phthiraptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Bush
- Species
- nesiotes
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Quadraceps nesiotes (Kellogg, 1912) sec. Bush, 2017
References
- Kellogg, V. L. & Mann, W. M. (1912) Mallophaga from island off Lower California. Entomological News, 23, 56 - 65.
- Hopkins, G. H. & Clay, T. (1952) A check list of the genera & species of Mallophaga. British Museum (Natural History), London. 362 pp.
- Haan, M. W. de (1829) Explication des Planches. In: Lyonet, P. (Ed.) Anatomie de differentes especes d'insectes. Memoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, 18, pp. 304 - 312, pls 1 - 7.
- Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R. A. & Palma, R. L. (2003) World checklist of chewing lice with host associations and keys to families and genera. In: Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R. A., Palma, R. L., Johnson, K. P. & Clayton, D. H. The Chewing lice: world checklist and biological overview. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication 24. x + 501 pp.