Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) lari O. Fabricius 1780 ...

• Main Authors: Al-Ahmed, Azzam, Shobrak, Mohammed, Nasser, D.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Phthiraptera; Philopteridae; Saemundssonia; Saemundssonia lari; Glaucous Gull; Larus hyperboreus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5692118; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5692118

Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) lari (O. Fabricius, 1780) (Figs 3 e,f, 4d) Pediculus lari O. Fabricius, 1780: 219. Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) lari (O. Fabricius, 1780); Price et al. 2003: 234. Type host. Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767 —Glaucous gull. Material examined (n = 53). Ex Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763: 2 ♂, 8♀, 3N, Umm Al-Malik Island, Red Sea (25º13'48''N, 37º8'37''E), 12 Nov. 2011. Ex Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus (Temminck, 1825): 5♂, 10♀, 5N, Jazan Fish Market (16o54'12''N, 42o32'40''E), 24 Nov. 2012. Ex Larus armenicus Buturlin, 1934: 2 ♂, 7♀, Jazan Fish Market (16o 54' 9''N, 42o 32' 40''E), 23 Nov. 2012. Ex Ichthyaetus hemprichii (Bruch, 1853): 2♂, 4♀, Jeddah (21o24'56''N, 39o11'13''E), 25 Apr. 2013. Ex Larus michahellis Naumann, 1840: 3 ♂, 1♀, 1N, Jazan Coast (16o56''22''N, 42o32'35''E), 12 Dec. 2013. Species of Saemundssonia live primarily on the head and neck of the host. They are highly pigmented and are characterized by male genitalia, female subgenital plate and clypeal signature. ... : Published as part of Al-Ahmed, Azzam, Shobrak, Mohammed & Nasser, D., 2014, Chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from Red Sea gulls with new host-parasite records, pp. 567-576 in Zootaxa 3790 (4) on page 573, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/230438 ...