cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Neurisothrips fran Mound 2020, sp. n.
Creators: name: Mound, Laurence A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Neurisothrips
Neurisothrips fran

description: Neurisothrips fran sp. n.
(Figs 6, 18, 26, 44)
Female. Body colour varying from clear yellow with abdominal segments IX–X light brown, to extensively palest brown with IX and X darker; legs yellow; antennal segments I–III almost uniformly yellow, IV yellow at base (Fig. 6); fore wing pale with faint shaded area around veinal fork; major setae light brown, darkest on tergites IX–X but not dark brown. With the character states of the genus: head with ocellar setae III and po IV long (Fig. 18); po setae pair I present; mouth cone not extending between fore coxae. Pronotum with 3 pairs of anteromarginal setae, none elongate; discal area with about 12 setae; posterior margin with 3 or 4 pairs, median pair longest, posteroangular setae long. Metanotal sculpture weak medially. Tergite I with transverse reticulate sculpture, but III–VIII with scarcely any lines visible even on lateral areas; IV and V each with about 6 discal setae laterally (Fig. 44); X with longitudinal split almost complete.
Measurements (holotype female in microns). Body length 1330. Head, length 110; width across eyes 135; ocellar setae III 65; po setae IV 50. Pronotum, length 120; width 175; pm setae S1 40; pa setae 70. Metanotum median setae length 55. Fore wing length 750. Antennal segments III–VII length 48, 40, 32, 37, 20.
Male. Uniformly paler than female but similar in sculpture and setal lengths; sternites III–VII with slender transverse pore plate (Fig. 26).
Measurements (paratype male in microns). Body length 950. Ocellar setae III 48; po setae IV 35. Pronotal pa setae 55.
Specimens examined. Holotype female, Hawaii, Volcano, Kipuka Ki (19° 25’N, - 155° 17’W), from Pipturus albidus fls, 12.vii.2016 (LAM 6251).
Paratypes: 20 females, 5 males taken with holotype; Hawaii, Volcano National Park, 10 females from Pipturus fls, 6 females 5 males from Pipturus leaves, 9.vii.2016, one female from Pipturus, 15.vii.2016.
Comments. Apart from the pale colour of the body and legs, also the weak sculpture lines on the metanotum and tergites, there is little difference in structure between this species and the dark brown species such as karl and tsuda, although the male pore plates are more slender than in most species (Fig. 26).
description: Published as part of Mound, Laurence A., 2020, Diversity in the Hawaiian endemic genus Neurisothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), pp. 215-229 in Zootaxa 4779 (2) on page 220, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3833491
Neurisothrips janis Mound 2020, sp. n.
Creators: name: Mound, Laurence A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Neurisothrips
Neurisothrips janis

description: Neurisothrips janis sp. n.
(Figs 3, 31)
Female. Body and legs yellow with pale ocellar pigment, fore wings pale to weakly shaded, major setae pale particularly on head; antennal segment I as pale as head, II light brown at apex, III–VII brown but III paler on basal half. With the character states of the genus: antennal segments III and IV scarcely constricted at apex (Fig. 3); head with ocellar setae III and po IV short, po setae pair I present; mouth cone extending to fore coxae; pronotum with 2 pairs of anteromarginal setae and one pair of anteroangular setae; discal area with about 20 setae; posterior margin with 3 pairs, median pair less than 1.5 times as long as submedian pairs, posteroangular setae unusually short. Tergites III–VIII with sculpture lines lateral to setal pair S1; IV and V each with 5 to 7 discal setae laterally; X with longitudinal split not fully complete. Sternites with 10–12 discal setae arranged irregularly (Fig. 31), not in a transverse row.
Measurements (holotype female in microns). Body length 980. Head, length 90; width across eyes 125; ocellar setae III 25; po setae IV 23. Pronotum, length 110; width 140; pa setae 35. Metanotum median setae length 30. Fore wing length 650. Antennal segments III–VII length 38, 35, 30, 40, 20.
Male. Similar in colour and chaetotaxy to female; 2 pairs of setae on tergite IX arranged in almost straight transverse line; sternites with 1–2 discal setae present medially, but pore plates not visible because specimen not cleared.
Measurements (paratype male in microns). Body length 830. Pronotal pa setae 35.
Specimens examined. Holotype female, Molokai, Waikolu Valley (21° 07’N, - 156° 55’W), from leaves of Raillardia molokaiensis (= Dubautia), 10.x.1943 (N.L.H.Krauss).
Paratypes: 5 females, 1 male taken with holotype.
Comments. The holotype is the female mounted dorsal side uppermost on a slide with a paratype female that is mounted ventral side uppermost (Fig. 31). The pale body colour and pale ocellar pigment are similar to the condition found in dubautiae, a species that was described from a plant in the same genus. However, among the species of Neurisothrips the presence of sternal discal setae is shared only with bidens described above.
description: Published as part of Mound, Laurence A., 2020, Diversity in the Hawaiian endemic genus Neurisothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), pp. 215-229 in Zootaxa 4779 (2) on page 221, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3833491
Neurisothrips karl Mound 2020, sp. n.
Creators: name: Mound, Laurence A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Neurisothrips
Neurisothrips karl

description: Neurisothrips karl sp. n.
(Figs 5, 20, 22, 27, 33, 36, 41)
Female. Body, antennae and legs uniformly dark brown, tarsi sharply yellow; fore wings deeply shaded with subcircular pale “window” at veinal fork; major setae dark brown. With the character states of the genus: antennal segments III and IV with constricted apical neck (Fig. 5); head with ocellar setae III and po IV not particularly long, po setae pair I absent; mouth cone extending to fore coxae (Fig. 36); pronotum with one pair of anteromarginal setae and one pair of anteroangular setae (Fig. 20); discal area weakly sculptured, with 4 to 6 setae; posterior margin with 2 pairs, median pair longest, posteroangular setae long. Metanotal sculpture weak medially. Tergite I with transverse reticulate sculpture; III–VIII with no sculpture mesad of setal pair S1, reticulate sculpture lines weak on lateral areas (Fig. 41); IV and V each with 5–7 discal setae laterally; X with longitudinal split complete (Fig. 22).
Measurements (holotype female in microns). Body length 1600. Head, length 100; width across eyes 165; ocellar setae III 40; po setae IV 45. Pronotum, length 135; width 200; pm S1 setae 30; pa setae 70. Metanotum median setae length 60. Fore wing length 850. Antennal segments III–VII length 50, 48, 30, 40, 25.
Male. Similar in colour and structure to female, or a little paler; sternites III–VII each with small transverse pore plate (Fig. 27).
Measurements (paratype male in microns). Body length 1150. Head, length 90; ocellar setae III 35; po setae IV 40. Pronotal pa setae 55.
Specimens examined. Holotype female, Oahu, Puu Hapapa (21° 28’N, - 158° 06’W), from Pisonia umbellifera fls, 21.viii.2016 (Karl Magnacca), in BPBM.
Paratypes: 29 females, 16 males taken with holotype; same locality, plant species and collector, 5 females, 29.vi.2016.
Comments. Although, as indicated above, this species is similar in structure to the yellow-bodied species fran, most specimens identified here as karl lack postocular setae pair I, also they have only two pairs of pronotal postero- marginal setae. However, a very few individuals have a full complement of one or both of these groups of setae, or the setal pairs are asymmetric in number. This emphasizes yet again our limited knowledge of the variation within and among Neurisothrips species in structure and host associations. The plant species from which this thrips was collected is not endemic to the Hawaiian Islands but is widespread in Southeast Asia.
description: Published as part of Mound, Laurence A., 2020, Diversity in the Hawaiian endemic genus Neurisothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), pp. 215-229 in Zootaxa 4779 (2) on page 221, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3833491
Neurisothrips multispinus
Creators: name: Mound, Laurence A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Neurisothrips
Neurisothrips multispinus

description: Neurisothrips multispinus (Bagnall, 1910)
(Figs 13, 42)
This species was described from four females and one male from Hawaii, Kilauea (Volcano), also one female from Kauai and three females from Molokai. Of these nine specimens, only five (on four slides) remain in the Natural History Museum, London. The lectotype selected by Mound (1968) is a female from Kilauea mounted by Bagnall on the same slide as the male. There are two paralectotype females with the same collection data that were slidemounted from pinned specimens by Mound in 1965. The two females labelled by Bagnall as “co-types” from Molokai, 7.viii.1893 (Perkins 172) are not the same species as the lectotype. These specimens are probably fullawayi, judging from the presence of very long postocular setae IV (70 microns) and ocellar setae pair III, and the long pair of pronotal anteromarginal setae (40 microns) and very long posteroangulars (105 microns). The lectotype is without antennae, and one paralectotype female that is mounted in Hoyers Medium also has no antennae, however it has the basal half of one fore wing and this has no pale area in contrast to fullawayi. The original colour of the lectotype and paralectotype is difficult to determine, due to their condition, but was probably brownish yellow with the sternal antecostal ridges darker. The lectotype is only 1100 microns long, with ocellar setae III about 65 microns, and po setae IV 50 microns. The pronotal pa setae are lost, but one is present on the paralectotype female and this is 100 microns long. The pronotal am setae are no longer than the discal setae, and there are only about six setae on the median area of the pronotum. The small male is paler and appears to be teneral, but it was probably never “yellow”; it has one antenna attached and one detached, and this has segment III 50 microns long. Despite the many specimens of Neurisothrips that have been studied, and the presence in the Bishop Museum collection of slides that bear this name, no specimens have been seen apart from the types indicated that can be identified with any confidence as representing multispinus.
description: Published as part of Mound, Laurence A., 2020, Diversity in the Hawaiian endemic genus Neurisothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), pp. 215-229 in Zootaxa 4779 (2) on page 222, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3833491
Neurisothrips tsuda Mound 2020, sp. n.
Creators: name: Mound, Laurence A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Neurisothrips
Neurisothrips tsuda

description: Neurisothrips tsuda sp. n.
(Figs 8, 17, 35, 45)
Female. Body and antennae dark brown, legs light brown with mid and hind tibiae paler distally; tarsi brownish yellow; fore wing pale to weakly shaded; major setae dark. With the character states of the genus: antennal segment III with apex weakly constricted (Fig. 8); head with ocellar setae III and po IV long, po setae pair I present (Fig. 17); mouth cone extending to fore coxae. Pronotal anterior margin with 3 or 4 pairs of setae including anteroangulars; discal area transversely reticulate, with at least 12 setae; posterior margin with 3 pairs, median pair longer than discal setae, posteroangular setae long. Metanotum reticulate medially. Fore wing first vein with about 21 setae, second vein with about 16 setae. Tergite I with transverse reticulate sculpture; III–VIII with no sculpture mesad of setal pair S1 but with transverse reticulation on lateral areas (Fig. 45); IV and V each with 6 to 8 discal setae laterally; X with longitudinal split usually incomplete.
Measurements (holotype female in microns). Body length 1700. Head, length 125; width across eyes 160; ocellar setae III 70; po setae IV 70. Pronotum, length 130; width 210; pm S1 setae 55; pa setae 105. Metanotum median setae length 70. Fore wing length 950. Antennal segments III–VII length 60, 50, 40, 50, 25.
Male. Similar in colour and structure to female; sternites III–VII each with transverse pore plate.
Measurements (paratype male in microns). Body length 1200. Ocellar setae III 55; po setae IV 40. Pronotal pa setae 90.
Specimens examined. Holotype female, Maui, Haleakala (20° 42’N, - 156° 15’W), on Styphelia lvs, 25.vii.2016 (LAM 6292).
Paratypes: 5 females, 7 males taken with holotype; same locality, 9 females, 6 males from Geranium fls, 25.vi.2016; same locality and date, 4 females, 5 males from flowers of Dubautia, Vaccinium and dead branch of Coprosma. Hawaii, Mauna Loa Trail, 11 females, 7 males from Styphelia lvs, 22.vii.2016.
Comments. This species is closely similar to multispinus, with which it appears to share a similar pronotal chaetotaxy, although the pronotal sculpture of the multispinus type specimens appears to be weaker. The species are distinguished here by the single tergal character state indicated in the key above.
description: Published as part of Mound, Laurence A., 2020, Diversity in the Hawaiian endemic genus Neurisothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), pp. 215-229 in Zootaxa 4779 (2) on pages 226-227, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3833491
Neurisothrips williamsi
Creators: name: Mound, Laurence A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Neurisothrips
Neurisothrips williamsi

description: Neurisothrips williamsi (Moulton, 1928)
(Figs 38, 46)
Described from three females taken on Mt Tantalus, Oahu, the only additional specimens of this species that have been studied are two females from the same site, also three females and two males from a site nearby on Metrosideros (in BPBM). Other published records (Mound et al. 2016) will require further confirmation, because a single female (in BMNH) from Sophora flowers, at Kilauea, Hawaii, differs from the type specimens in having the antennae slightly longer. Females, but not males, of this yellow species have the tergal antecostal ridges dark (Fig. 38), and the major setae are also dark, with a group of well-developed setae laterally on the tergites. Antennal segments IV–VII are uniformly brown, and segments III and IV have their apices narrowed. The male of this species has unusually large sternal pore plates, similar to those of robbiei (Fig. 29), that occupy almost 50% of the area of each of sternites III–VII.
description: Published as part of Mound, Laurence A., 2020, Diversity in the Hawaiian endemic genus Neurisothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), pp. 215-229 in Zootaxa 4779 (2) on page 229, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3833491
Isotopenola nilgiris Denis 1947, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Potapov, Mikhail
name: Babenko, Anatoly
name: Fjellberg, Arne
name: Greenslade, Penelope
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Isotomidae
Isotopenola
Isotopenola nilgiris

description: Isotopenola nilgiris (Denis, 1947) comb. nov.
Fig. 117, Tab. 2
Proisotoma nilgiris Denis, 1947: 102.
Material. We have examined a single (possibly type) specimen from J.R. Denis collection, labeled as India, Nilgiris, Devarsgola, Tea exper. station, F. van Emden, 1946 (MNHN).
Affinity. This species is listed among Ballistura on the Collembola.org web-site (Bellinger et al., 1996 – 2009) but clearly differs from all studied Ballistura in having a complete B-row of tibiotarsal chaetae (the presence of unpaired B4/5 is a unique character of the Ballistura / Folsomides evolutionary lineage in Anurophorinae) and 4 sublobal chaetae (3 in Ballistura). From all Scutisotoma, of which a few species also lack anterior chaetae on manubruim, it can easily be distinguished by 2 prelabral chaetae (usually 4, rarely 3, in Scutisotoma), the absence of bms on Ant.3 (always present in Scutisotoma), reduced number of labial guard chaetae (a rare character in Scutisotoma) and posterior position of tergal sensilla on abdomen (midtergal in Scutisotoma). Nor does it conform to the diagnosis of Proisotoma s.str.
In general the species complies with the diagnoses of both Isotopenola gen. nov. and Subisotoma. Like all species of these genera it is characterized by 2 prelabral chaetae, reduced number of labial guard chaetae (only 4 and 5 e-guard chaetae were asymmetrically found near papilla E), 4 sublobal chaetae on outer maxillary lobe, simple maxillary palp, posterior position of tergal sensilla (slightly anterior to p-row, total sensilla 44/ 33334, Fig. 12), absence of anterior chaetae on manubrium, tibiotarsi with a complete B-row without unpaired chaeta B4/5 (23–26–27 chaetae as a whole), and poorly differentiated macrochaetae. The shape of dens and mucro is also not different from that in Isotopenola and Subisotoma, although dens has more anterior (7) and posterior (about 12) chaetae (Fig. 117).
Some characters are not typical of either Subisotoma and Isotopenola, such as only 2+2 postlabial chaetae, rather small PAO subequal to the nearest ocellus, VT with only two posterior chaetae and 3 long and distinctly clavate tenent chaetae on Ti.1–3 (3–3– 3 set is very unusual for the family).
The presence of separated ventral setaceous fields on Abd.III, ventral secondary granulation on body, the absence of basal microsensilla and additional sensilla on Ant.3 and full set of microsensilla (11/111) indicates that the species may be a primitive member of the genus Isotopenola.
description: Published as part of Potapov, Mikhail, Babenko, Anatoly, Fjellberg, Arne & Greenslade, Penelope, 2009, Taxonomy of the Proisotoma complex. II. A revision of the genus Subisotoma and a description of Isotopenola gen. nov. (Collembola: Isotomidae), pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 2314 on pages 36-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.191990
Antarctophthirus trichechi Bohemann 1865
Creators: name: Leonardi, Maria Soledad
name: Palma, Ricardo Luis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phthiraptera
Echinophthiriidae
Antarctophthirus
Antarctophthirus trichechi

description: Antarctophthirus trichechi (Bohemann, 1865)
Haematopinus Trichechi Bohemann, 1865: 577, pl. 35, figs 2, 2a,b.
Haematopinus trichechi Bohemann, 1865; Piaget 1880: 656; Breddin 1901: 557; King 1964: 139.
Haematopinus tricheci [sic] Bohemann, 1865; Dalla Torre 1908: 11. Misspelling.
Antarctophthirus trichechi (Bohemann, 1865); Enderlein 1909: 508, 512, pls 55–56, pl. 60, figs 185–188; Neumann 1909: 532, figs 30–31; Kellogg & Ferris 1915: 49, fig. 17B, pl. 3, fig. 1; Ferris 1916a: 183; Cummings 1916: 172; Fahrenholz 1917: 5; Freund 1928: 25, figs 24–29; Ferris 1934: 492, figs 287–288; Maltbaek 1937: 20; Thompson 1938: 94; Herms 1939: 105; Eichler 1941: 375, fig. 34; Hopkins 1949: 509; Weber 1950: 172; Ferris 1951: 75; Blagoveshtchensky 1958: 377; Scherf 1963: 17, figs 1–6, 19–20; Blagoveshtchensky 1964: 326; King 1964: 139; Spencer 1966: 23; Margolis & Dailey 1972: 14; Kaisila 1973: 64; Kim et al. 1975: 547; King 1983: 203; Kim et al. 1986: 48, pl. 3; Zarubina 1986: 373; Kim 1988: 108; Durden & Musser 1994a: 7; Durden & Musser 1994b: 140; Jensen & Palma 2005: 227, fig. 5.32c.
Arctophtirius trichechi (Bohemann, 1865); Mjöberg 1910: 178, 259, figs 89–92, 154.
Antarctophthirius [sic] trichechi (Bohemann, 1865); Ass 1934: 94, 103, figs 2–13. Misspelling.
Antarctophthirius [sic] trichoechi [sic] (Bohemann, 1865); Ass 1963: 6, figs 2–5. Misspellings.
Antarctophthirus tricechi [sic] (Bohemann, 1865); Coulson & Refseth 2004: 96. Misspelling.
Type host. Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) —Walrus.
Type locality. Spitsbergen Island, Hinlopen Strait, Norway.
Type specimen/s data. None designated, repository unknown. Probably lost.
Other hosts. None.
Geographic distribution. Arctic Region.
Significant references. Freund (1928: 25, detailed figures); Ferris (1934: 492, synonymy, description, figures, hosts); Ass (1934: 94, descriptions and figures of adults, egg, and nymphs); Scherf (1963: 17, descriptions of eggs, nymphs and adults); Kim et al. (1986: 48, redescription, figures); Durden & Musser (1994a: 7, synonymy, hosts, distribution).
description: Published as part of Leonardi, Maria Soledad & Palma, Ricardo Luis, 2013, Review of the systematics, biology and ecology of lice from pinnipeds and river otters (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae), pp. 445-466 in Zootaxa 3630 (3) on page 449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3630.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/221768
Antarctophthirus callorhini Osborn 1899
Creators: name: Leonardi, Maria Soledad
name: Palma, Ricardo Luis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phthiraptera
Echinophthiriidae
Antarctophthirus
Antarctophthirus callorhini

description: Antarctophthirus callorhini (Osborn, 1899)
Haematopinus callorhini Osborn, 1899: 553, fig. 1.
Antarctophthirus monachus Kellogg & Ferris, 1915: 49, figs 17A, 18, pl. 3, fig. 4. Ferris 1916a: 183; Freund 1928: 23, figs 20–23.
Antarctophthirus callorhini (Osborn, 1899); McAtee 1923: 142; Ferris 1934: 495, figs 289–290; Ferris 1951: 72; Jellison 1952: 274; Margolis 1954: 277; Jellison & Milner 1958: 200; King 1964: 139; Keyes 1965: 1094; Miller 1971: 670, figs 7–11; Kim 1971: 280, figs1–26; Kim 1972: 2028, figs 1–3; Margolis & Dailey 1972: 14; Kim et al. 1974: 281; Kim et al. 1975: 547; Kim 1975: 504, figs 342–348; Murray 1976: 92, fig. 4.7; Lyons et al. 1978: 455; Lyons et al. 1980: 56; Marshall 1981: 175, 247, 292; Kim 1982b: 125; King 1983: 203; Kim et al. 1986: 44, pl. 1; Kim 1988: 108; Durden & Musser 1994a: 7; Durden & Musser 1994b: 140; Price & Graham 1997: 119.
Achimella callorhini (Osborn, 1899); Eichler 1941: 375.
Antarctophthirus (Achimella) callorhini (Osborn, 1899); Hopkins 1949: 508.
Antarctophthirius [sic] monachus Kellogg & Ferris, 1915; Ass 1934: 103; Dubinin 1955: 29. Misspelling. Antarcthophthirius [sic] callorhini; Raga 1997: 76. Misspelling.
Type host. Callorhinus ursinus (Linnaeus, 1758) —Northern fur seal.
Type locality. Pribilof Islands, Alaska, U.S.A.
Type specimen/s data. Syntypes of A. callorhini probably lost (Kim 1971: 283, proposed the need of a neotype; Kim et al. 1986: 44). The holotype 3 of A. monachus is deposited in the Ferris Collection at EMEC under the number 52226.
Other hosts. None.
Geographic distribution. North Pacific Ocean and Bearing Sea.
Significant references. Ferris (1934: 495, synonymy, description, figures, hosts); Freund (1928: 23, detailed figures, as A. monachus); Ferris (1951: 75, synonymy, hosts); Dubinin (1955: 29, resistance or “parasitophoria”); Miller (1971: 670, scanning electron microscopy of antennae); Kim (1971: 280, egg, nymphs and adults described and illustrated); Kim (1972: 2027, population dynamics); Kim et al. (1974: 281, mercury contamination); Kim (1975: 504, ecology; adaptation; population dynamics); Lyons et al. (1978: 463, control by pesticides); Kim et al. (1986: 44, redescription, figures, biology); Durden & Musser (1994a: 7, synonymy, hosts, distribution).
Remarks. Jellison (1952: 274) reported three Arctic foxes (Alopex pribilofensis (Merriam 1902)) with Antarctophthirus callorhini originating from northern fur seals, due to the foxes’ habit of feeding on dead seals.
description: Published as part of Leonardi, Maria Soledad & Palma, Ricardo Luis, 2013, Review of the systematics, biology and ecology of lice from pinnipeds and river otters (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae), pp. 445-466 in Zootaxa 3630 (3) on pages 450-451, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3630.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/221768
Antarctophthirus lobodontis Enderlein 1909
Creators: name: Leonardi, Maria Soledad
name: Palma, Ricardo Luis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phthiraptera
Echinophthiriidae
Antarctophthirus
Antarctophthirus lobodontis

description: Antarctophthirus lobodontis Enderlein, 1909
“ Antarctophthirus ogmorhini ” Neumann 1907: 13. Not Antarctophthirus ogmorhini Enderlein, 1906. In part.
Antarctophthirus lobodontis Enderlein, 1909: 508, 510, figs KK–NN. Freund 1928: 20, figs 14–16; Ferris 1934: 488, fig. 284; Thompson & Plomley 1938: 116, 124; Clay 1940: 296; Hopkins 1949: 509; Ferris 1951: 73; Gressitt & Weber 1959: 447; King 1964: 137; Clay & Moreby 1967: 166, fig. 180; Clay & Moreby 1970: 220; Gressitt 1970: 329; Wolcott 1971: 608, fig. on page 607; Dailey & Brownell 1972: 541; Pilgrim 1974: 1031, fig. 3; Kim et al. 1975: 547; Murray 1976: 92, fig. 4.8; Ledger 1980: 206; King 1983: 203; Kim 1988: 108; Durden & Musser 1994a: 7; Durden & Musser 1994b: 141; Barker 1996: 236; Pajot 2000: 32; King 2005: 234; Palma 2010: 409.
Antarctophthirius [sic] lobodontis Enderlein, 1909; Ass 1934: 103. Misspelling.
Type host. Lobodon carcinophaga (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842) —Crabeater seal.
Type locality. Booth Wandel Island, Antarctica.
Type specimen/s data. Syntypes Ƥ; repository unknown.
Other hosts. None.
Geographic distribution. Antarctica and Southern Oceans.
Significant references. Freund (1928: 20, detailed figures); Ferris (1934: 488, synonymy, figures); Durden & Musser (1994a: 7, synonymy, hosts, distribution).
Remarks. Redescriptions of adults and descriptions of nymphal stages are needed.
description: Published as part of Leonardi, Maria Soledad & Palma, Ricardo Luis, 2013, Review of the systematics, biology and ecology of lice from pinnipeds and river otters (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae), pp. 445-466 in Zootaxa 3630 (3) on page 452, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3630.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/221768
Antarctophthirus mawsoni Harrison 1937
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Antarctophthirus
Antarctophthirus mawsoni

description: Antarctophthirus mawsoni Harrison, 1937
Antarctophthirus mawsoni Harrison, 1937: 11, pl. 1, fig. 1. Hopkins 1949: 509; Ferris 1951: 73; Gressitt & Weber 1959: 447; King 1964: 137; Clay & Moreby 1967: 166; Clay & Moreby 1970: 220; Gressitt 1970: 329; Dailey & Brownell 1972: 543; Kim et al. 1975: 547; King 1983: 203; Kim 1988: 108; Durden & Musser 1994a: 7; Durden & Musser 1994b: 141; Barker 1996: 236; King 2005: 234.
Type host. Ommatophoca rossii Gray, 1844 —Ross seal.
Type locality. King George V Island, Antarctica.
Type specimen/s data. Holotype Ƥ (Catalogue number K.64350) in the Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia (Australian Museum 2012).
Other hosts. None.
Geographic distribution. Antarctica and Southern Oceans.
Significant references. Durden & Musser (1994a: 7, synonymy, hosts, distribution); Barker (1996: 236, taxonomy).
Remarks. Redescriptions of adults and descriptions of nymphal stages are needed.
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Lepidophthirus Enderlein 1904
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Lepidophthirus

description: Lepidophthirus Enderlein, 1904
Lepidophthirus Enderlein, 1904a: 44. Type species: Lepidophthirus macrorhini Enderlein, 1904 a. Enderlein, 1906: 661; Dalla Torre 1908: 18; Enderlein 1909: 513, pl. 59; Ferris 1916a: 184; Freund 1928: 31; Ewing 1929: 148; Ferris 1934: 498; Harrison 1937: 13; Webb 1949: 172, 185, table 3; Ferris 1951: 78; Ludwig 1968: 258; Kim et al. 1975: 546; Murray 1976: 85, figs 4.3–4.6; Ledger 1980: 206; Marshall 1981: 247; Kim 1982b: 125; Ludwig 1982: 150; King 1983: 203; Kim 1985: 201, fig. 5.1d; Kim 1988: 93, 102, 107; Durden & Musser 1994a: 8; Price & Graham 1997: 113; Castro & Cicchino 1998: 129; Pajot 2000: 31, 33; Aznar et al. 2001: 403, fig. 4; Light et al. 2010: 295.
Hosts. Phocidae—Elephant seals and monk seals.
Significant references. Webb (1949: 172, 185, phylogenetic relationships); Ferris (1951: 78, diagnosis); Kim (1982b: 125, host specificity, phylogeny); Kim (1985: 201, evolution); Kim (1988: 102, phylogeny).
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Lepidophthirus macrorhini Enderlein 1904
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Lepidophthirus macrorhini

description: Lepidophthirus macrorhini Enderlein, 1904
Lepidophthirus macrorhini Enderlein, 1904a: 46, figs 1–5. Dalla Torre 1908: 18; Enderlein 1909: 515, figs OO–QQ, pl. 59, pl. 60, fig. 180; Ferris 1916a: 184; Tillyard 1926: 135; Freund 1928: 32, figs 30–35; Ferris 1934: 499, figs 291–292; Bedford 1929: 507; Bedford 1932: 399, 474; Harrison 1937: 13; Thompson 1938: 94; Hopkins 1949: 510; Séguy 1951: 1381; Ferris 1951: 78, fig. 34; Murray 1958: 404; Gressitt 1964: 539; King 1964: 137; Murray 1964: 242; Murray & Nicholls 1965: 437, figs 1–2, pls 1–4; Murray 1967: 189; Clay & Moreby 1967: 166, fig. 181; Clay & Moreby 1970: 220; Gressitt 1970: 329; Dailey & Brownell 1972: 541; Kim et al. 1975: 547; Arthur 1976: 170; Murray 1976: 90, figs 4.3–4.6; Ledger 1980: 206, fig. 215; Marshall 1981: 145, 175, 249, 292, fig. 8.4; King 1983: 203; Kim 1988: 108; Durden & Musser 1994a: 8; Durden & Musser 1994b: 141; Barker 1996: 237; Price & Graham 1997: 118, fig. 95; Castro & Cicchino 1998: 131, fig. 1; Becker et al. 2000: 255; Pajot 2000: 34, fig. 5; Green & Turner 2004: 74; Grimaldi & Engel 2005: 272; Lehane 2005: 118; Palma 2010: 409.
Lepidophthirius [sic] macrorhyni [sic]; Ass 1934: 103. Misspelling.
Lepidophthirius [sic] macrorhini; King 2005: 234. Misspelling.
Type host. Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758) —Southern elephant seal.
Type locality. Kerguelen Islands, Indian Ocean.
Type specimen/s data. Syntypes Ƥ; repository unknown (Barker 1996: 237).
Other hosts. None.
Geographic distribution. Antarctica and Southern Oceans.
Significant references. Freund (1928: 32, detailed figures); Ferris (1934: 499, synonymy, description, figures, hosts); Ferris (1951: 78, synonymy, figure, host); Murray (1958: 404, ecology); Murray (1964: 242, ecology); Murray & Nicholls (1965: 437, ecology); Durden & Musser (1994a: 8, hosts, distribution); Green & Turner (2004: 74, scanning electron microscopy of head, and claw).
Remarks. Nymphal stages have not been described yet.
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Lepidophthirus piriformis Blagoveshtchensky 1966
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Lepidophthirus piriformis

description: Lepidophthirus piriformis Blagoveshtchensky, 1966
Lepidophthirus piriformis Blagoveshtchensky, 1966: 806, figs 4–8. Kim et al. 1975: 547; King 1983: 203; Kim 1988: 108; Durden & Musser 1994a: 8; Durden & Musser 1994b: 141; Aznar et al. 2001: 385, fig. 1B.
Type host. Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) —Mediterranean monk seal.
Type locality. Black Sea coast of Anatolia, Turkey.
Type specimen/s data. Holotype Ƥ, and 47 paratypes (29 ƤƤ and 18 3) in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Other hosts. None.
Geographic distribution. Mediterranean and Black Seas, and Atlantic coast of northwestern Africa.
Significant references. Durden & Musser (1994a: 8, hosts, distribution).
Remarks. The original description is in Russian, but an English translation is available (see below in References).
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Proechinophthirus Ewing 1923
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Proechinophthirus

description: Proechinophthirus Ewing, 1923
Proechinophthirus Ewing, 1923. 149. Type species: Echinophthirius fluctus Ferris, 1916 b = Proechinophthirus fluctus (Ferris, 1916b) (by original designation). Ewing 1929: 149; Ferris 1934: 480; Webb 1949: 172, 185, table 3; Ferris 1951: 81; Kim et al. 1975: 546; Murray 1976: 85, fig. 4.3; Marshall 1981: 247; Kim 1982b: 125; Ludwig 1982: 150; King 1983: 203; Kim 1985: 201; Kim et al. 1986: 54; Zarubina 1986: 373; Kim 1988: 93, 102, 107; Durden & Musser 1994a: 8; Price & Graham 1997: 113; Pajot 2000: 31, 35; Aznar et al. 2001: 402, fig. 4; Light et al. 2010: 295.
Proechinophthirius [sic] Ewing, 1923; Ludwig 1968: 258; Ledger 1980: 207. Misspelling.
Hosts. Otariidae—Fur seals.
Significant references. Webb (1949: 172, 185, phylogenetic relationships); Ferris (1951: 81, diagnosis); Kim (1982b: 125, host specificity, phylogeny); Kim (1985: 201, evolution); Kim (1988: 102, phylogeny).
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Proechinophthirus zumpti Werneck 1955
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Proechinophthirus zumpti

description: Proechinophthirus zumpti Werneck, 1955
Proechinophthirus zumpti Werneck, 1955: 419, figs 1–5. King 1964: 139; Dailey & Brownell 1972: 533; Kim et al. 1975: 547; Kim 1979: 497, figs 1–6; King 1983: 203; Kim 1985: 201, fig. 5.2; Kim 1988: 108–109; Durden & Musser 1994a: 8; Durden & Musser 1994b: 140; Pajot 2000: 35, fig. 6; Castro et al. 2002: 813, figs 1–19; Morgades et al. 2006: 92. Proechinophthirius [sic] zumpti Werneck, 1955; Ledger 1980: 207, fig. 216. Misspelling.
Type host. Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber, 1775) —Cape fur seal.
Type locality. Mossel Bay, Cape Province, South Africa.
Type specimen/s data. Holotype 3, allotype Ƥ, one 3, two Ƥ and one nymph paratypes (Werneck 1955: 419). Two paratypes deposited in NHML: Ƥ (BM1901-254), 3 (BM1901-284). The remaining types have not been located. No types are held in the Entomological Collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Márcio Felix pers. comm. 2012).
Other hosts. Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann, 1783) —South American fur seal.
Geographic distribution. Neotropical and southern Ethiopian Regions.
Significant references. Kim (1979: 497, population dynamics; phylogeny; detailed descriptions of adults, nymphs and egg); Durden & Musser (1994a: 8, hosts, distribution); Castro et al. (2002: 813, scanning electron microscopy of egg, adults and last nymph).
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Latagophthirus Kim & Emerson 1974
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Latagophthirus

description: Latagophthirus Kim & Emerson, 1974
Latagophthirus Kim & Emerson, 1974: 442. Type species Latagophthirus rauschi Kim & Emerson, 1974 (by monotypy). Kim 1982b: 124; Ludwig 1982: 150; Kim et al. 1986: 52; Kim 1988: 96, 102, 107; Durden & Musser 1994a: 8; Price & Graham 1997: 113; Aznar et al. 2001: 404, fig. 4; Light et al. 2010: 295.
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Latagophthirus rauschi Kim & Emerson 1974
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Latagophthirus rauschi

description: Latagophthirus rauschi Kim & Emerson, 1974
Latagophthirus rauschi Kim & Emerson, 1974: 442, figs 1–7. Marshall 1981: 207; Kim 1982b: 124; Kim et al. 1986: 52, pl. 5; Beaucournu 1993: 13; Durden & Musser 1994a: 8; Durden & Musser 1994b: 140.
Type host. Lontra canadensis pacifica (Rhoads, 1898) —North American river otter.
Type locality. 1.6 km NE of Broadbent, Coos Co., Oregon, U.S.A.
Type specimen/s data. Holotype 3 and allotype Ƥ in USNM (Kim et al. 1986: 52; Durden & Adams 2005: 49) and 35 paratypes (23, 4ƤƤ and 29 nymphs) in KCEM.
Other hosts. None.
Geographic distribution. Western North America.
Significant references. Kim et al. (1986: 52, diagnosis, figures); Durden & Musser (1994a: 8, hosts, distribution).
Remarks. Nymphal stages have not yet been described.
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Nycteris arge Thomas 1903
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Nycteris
Nycteris arge

description: 1.
Bates’s Slit-faced Bat
Nycteris arge
French: Nyctere de Bates / German: Bates-Schlitznase / Spanish: Nicterio de Bates
Taxonomy. Nycteris arge Thomas, 1903,
“Efulen, Cameroons [= Cameroon].”
Nycteris arge belongs to the arge group.
Monotypic.
Distribution. Patchily distributed in tropical forests of W & C Africa extending from Sierra Leone and Liberia to Togo and from SW Nigeria, Cameroon, and Gabon (including Bioko I) through DR Congo to South Sudan, W Uganda, SW Kenya, and NW Tanzania, and S to N Angola.
Descriptive notes. Head—body 50-65 mm, tail 42-61 mm, ear 25-34 mm, hindfoot 9-11 mm, forearm 39-46 mm; weight 6-11 g. Bates’s Slit-faced Bat is small, with short rounded wings. Longitudinal cleft runs along top of muzzle, covering noseleaves. Fur is long and fluffy, dark reddish brown to grayish brown dorsally, and slightly lighter ventrally. Ears are very long. Wing membranes are dark brown and free of hair except along margins of forelimbs where long hairs are present and can be rufous in color. There are no obvious sexual differences in pelage.
Habitat. Variety of tropical lowland forests including montane and swamp forest at elevations up to 1000 m. Bates’s Slit-faced Bats predominantly occur in undisturbed forest but can enter agroforestry plantations.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. Pregnant and lactating Bates’s Slitfaced Bats have been captured at different times of the year, suggesting that there is not a single, restricted breeding season. Litter size is one.
Activity patterns. Bates’s Slit-faced Bat roosts during the day in sheltered structures including hollow trees, caves, and road culverts. It leaves the day roost at dusk and typically forages close to the ground, gleaning prey off foliage and the forest floor.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. Bates’s Slitfaced Bat roosts singly or in small groups of 2—4 individuals, often including a male and female. Echolocation call is multiharmonic and involves a steep FM sweep.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Although Bates’s Slit-faced Batis not currently under threat of extinction, extent of its rainforest habitat is decreasing.
Bibliography. Fahr (20130), Griffiths (1994, 1997), Juste & Ibanez (1994b), Monadjem & Fahr (2007), Monadjem, Rasmussen & van der Made (2011), Monadjem, Richards & Denys (2016), Monadjem, Taylor et al. (2010), Rosevear (1965), Thomas et al. (1994), Van Cakenberghe & De Vree (1985), Verschuren (1957).
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Nycteris intermedia Aellen 1959
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Nycteris intermedia

description: 2.
Intermediate Slitfaced Bat
Nycteris intermedia
French: Nyctere d’Aellen / German: Intermediare Schlitznase / Spanish: Nicterio intermedio
Taxonomy. Nycteris intermedia Aellen, 1959,
Adiopodoume, Ivory Coast.
Nycteris intermedia belongs to the arge group. It was previously considered conspecific with N. arge. Monotypic.
Distribution. Very patchily distributed in tropical forests of W & C Africa in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, and NE DR Congo, with outlying records from NW Tanzania and NE Angola.
Descriptive notes. Head-body 40-50 mm, tail 41-53 mm, ear 20-24 mm, hindfoot 7-10 mm, forearm 36-38 mm; weight 6-9 g. The Intermediate Slit-faced Bat is very small, with short rounded wings. Longitudinal cleft runs along top of muzzle, covering noseleaves. Fur is long and fluffy, dark reddish brown to grayish brown dorsally, and slightly lighter ventrally. Ears are very long. Wing membranes are dark brown and free of hairs except along margins of forelimbs. There are no obvious sexual differences in pelage. Chromosomal complement for a single female in Mount Nimba, Guinea, was 2n = 34 and FNa = 62.
Habitat. Variety of tropical lowland forests.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. A pregnant Intermediate Slit-faced Bat was collected in March in Ivory Coast, but practically nothing is known aboutits reproductive biology.
Activity patterns. Single records of the Intermediate Slit-faced Bat roosting in a cave and an abandoned house have been reported.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. A male and female Intermediate Slit-faced Bat were found roosting together in an abandoned house. Echolocation call is not known.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Although the Intermediate Slit-faced Bat is not currently under threat of extinction, extent of its rainforest habitat is decreasing.
Bibliography. Aellen (1959), Denys et al. (2013), Fahr (2013p), Monadjem, Richards & Denys (2016), Monadjem, Taylor et al. (2010), Rosevear (1965), Van Cakenberghe & De Vree (1985).
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Nycteris nana K. Andersen 1912
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Nycteris nana

description: 3.
Dwarf Slit-faced Bat
Nycteris nana
French: Nyctére nain / German: Kleinste Schlitznase / Spanish: Nicterio enano
Taxonomy. Petalia nana K. Andersen, 1912,
“Benito R[iver]., French Congo [= Equatorial Guinea].”
Nycteris nana belongs to the arge group.
Monotypic.
Distribution. Patchily distributed in tropical forests in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, DR Congo, South Sudan, W Uganda, W Kenya, W Burundi, and N Angola.
Descriptive notes. Head-body 38-45 mm, tail 37-49 mm, ear 19-23 mm, hindfoot 7-10 mm, forearm 32-37 mm; weight 4-7 g. The Dwarf Slit-faced Bat is smallest member of the arge group, with short rounded wings. Longitudinal cleft runs along top of muzzle, covering noseleaves. Fur is long and fluffy, medium to dark brown dorsally, and slightly lighter ventrally. Ears are very long. Wing membranes are dark brown. There are no obvious sexual differences in pelage.
Habitat. Variety of tropical lowland and montane forests up to elevations of 2100 m and swamp forests. Dwarf Slitfaced Bats appear to select drier forests, or forest-savanna transition zones, compared with other members of the arge group.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. In north-eastern DR Congo, pregnant and lactating Dwarf Slit-faced Bats have been captured in January-April and March—May respectively, suggesting seasonal breeding at this site. Litter size is one, and young are nursed for 45-60 days.
Activity patterns. Dwarf Slitfaced Bats roost during the day in sheltered structures including hollow trees, caves, mines, and road culverts, with single observations from a bridge and a burrow Giant Pangolin (Manis gigantea). They leave day roosts at dusk and typically foraging close to the ground, gleaning prey off foliage and the forest floor.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. The Dwarf Slitfaced Bat roosts singly or in small groups of 2—4 individuals, often including a male and female.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Although the DwarfSlit-faced Bat is not currently under threat of extinction, extent ofits rainforest habitat is decreasing.
Bibliography. Fahr (2013r), Kingdon (1974), Monadjem, Taylor et al. (2010), Rosevear (1965), Thomas et al. (1994), Van Cakenberghe & De Vree (1985), Verschuren (1957).
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