Quadraceps connexus

• Main Authors: Palma, Ricardo L., Peck, Stewart B.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Psocodea; Philopteridae; Quadraceps; Quadraceps connexus; Ricardo; Phalaropus lobatus
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5261592; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5261592

Quadraceps connexus (Kellogg & Mann, 1912) Nirmus connexus Kellogg & Mann, 1912: 13. Degeeriella connexa (Kellogg & Mann, 1912); Harrison 1916: 110. Quadraceps connexus (Kellogg & Mann, 1912); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 310. Chadraceps connexus (Kellogg & Mann, 1912); Złotorzycka 1967: 728, pl. 6, figs 2, 4. Quadraceps connexus (Kellogg & Mann, 1912); Palma 1995: 219. Lectotype ♂ in EMEC (Carriker 1957: 99). Type host: Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Galápagos host: Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Galápagos locality: Isla Isabela. Galápagos reference: Palma (1995). Other significant references: Timmermann (1957: 66); Złotorzycka (1967); Price et al. (2003: 223). Material examined: 7 males and 3 females (1 sample, MONZ). Remarks: Phalaropus lobatus is a common migrant to the Galápagos Islands (Harris 1989: 107; Castro & Phillips 1996: 103), and the only known host of Quadraceps connexus (see Price et al. 2003: 223). 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 page 51, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5261238