Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) creagrusa Palma, 2012, new species

• Main Author: Palma, Ricardo L.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Phthiraptera; Philopteridae; Saemundssonia; Saemundssonia creagrusa; Darwin isla; Tower Island
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5679816; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5679816

Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) creagrusa new species (Figs 7, 9–10, 13, 19) “ Docophorus lari ” Kellogg & Kuwana 1902: 463. Not Docophorus lari Denny, 1842 = Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) lari (O. Fabricius, 1780). “ Docophorus peristictus ” Kellogg 1906: 316. Not Docophorus peristictus Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902 = Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) platygaster (Denny, 1842). “ Docophorus melanocephalus ” Kellogg 1906: 316. Not Docophorus melanocephalus Burmeister, 1838 = Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) melanocephalus (Burmeister, 1838). “ Docophorus lari ” Kellogg 1906: 317. Not Docophorus lari Denny, 1842 = Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) lari (O. Fabricius, 1780). “ Saemundssonia gonothorax ” Thompson 1939: 73. Not Docophorus gonothorax Giebel, 1874 = Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) lari (O. Fabricius, 1780). “ Saemundssonia melanocephala ” Thompson 1939: 73. Not Saemundssonia melanocephalus (Burmeister, 1838). “ Saemundssonia peristictus ” Thompson 1939: 73. Not Saemundssonia peristicta (Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902) = Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) platygaster (Denny, 1842). “ Saemundssonia lari ” Clay in Linsley & Usinger 1966: 132. Not Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) lari (O. Fabricius, 1780). Type host. Creagrus furcatus (Neboux, 1846). Type locality. Bahía Darwin, Isla Genovesa (= Tower Island), Galápagos Islands. Holotype: 3 in MONZ. Diagnosis. Male: habitus as in Fig. 9. Clypeal signature as in Fig. 7. Genitalia as in Fig. 13. Six long submarginal metanotal setae on each side (occasionally 7 or 8 on one side). Female: habitus as in Fig. 10. Clypeal signature as in Fig. 7. Ventral pigmented plates of the last abdominal segments as in Fig. 19. Six long submarginal metanotal setae on each side (occasionally 7 on one side). Measurements of both sexes as in Table 1. Etymology. The species epithet creagrusa is a noun in apposition referring to the generic name of the host. Material examined. Types. Ex Creagrus furcatus (Neboux, 1846): Holotype 3, Bahía Darwin, Isla Genovesa, Galápagos Is, 25 Mar. 1992, R.L. Palma ...