Chelopistes meleagridis

• Main Authors: Gonza ́ Lez-Acun, Daniel A., Palma, Ricardo L.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Psocodea; Philopteridae; Chelopistes; Chelopistes meleagridis; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5766734; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/F1388797FFEE8423FF4854A9FB5188C6

Chelopistes meleagridis (Linnaeus, 1758) Pediculus meleagridis Linnaeus, 1758: 613. Ricinus meleagridis (Linnaeus, 1758); Latreille 1804: 108. Philopterus ( Goniodes ) stylifer Nitzsch, 1818: 294. Unnecessary nomen novum for Pediculus meleagridis Linnaeus, 1758. Rhopaloceras styliferum Nitzsch [sic]; Taschenberg 1882: 47. Emendation . Rhopaloceras stylifer (Nitzsch, 1818); KÉler 1939: 180. Chelopistes meleagridis (Linnaeus, 1758); KÉler 1939: 181, figs 103–104. Virgula meleagridis (Linnaeus, 1758); Clay 1941: 120, figs 1–4. Goniodes meleagridis (Linnaeus, 1758); Séguy 1944: 170, fig. 243. Goniodes stylifer Nitzsch; Roman-Bolelli 1947: 7. Chelopistes meleagridis (Linnaeus, 1758); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 69. Chelopistes meleagridis González-Acuña et al. 2009: 182. Chelopistes meleagridis (Linnaeus, 1758); Palma 2017: 104, figs 83–84. Neotype ♂ in NHML (see Clay 1941: 124). Type host: Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus, 1758. Chilean host: Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson, 1760. Other host: Meleagris ocellata Cuvier, 1820. Chilean localities: Not given. Geographic distribution: All continents, except Antarctica. Chilean references: Roman-Bolelli (1947); González-Acuña et al. (2009). Other significant references: KÉler (1939); Clay (1941); SÉguy (1944); Clay & Hopkins (1950: 261); Emerson (1962: 198, figs 4–6); Palma (1996: 164); Price et al . (2003: 162); Martín-Mateo (2009: 40, figs 5d, 10); Maturano & Daemon (2014); Palma (2017). Remarks: Chelopistes meleagridis was introduced to Chile and other countries by human agency with turkeys. The Chilean record from Gallus gallus domesticus may be due to contamination from Meleagris gallopavo in captive conditions. Genus Columbicola Ewing, 1929 Columbicola Ewing, 1929. Manual External Parasites , 112, 190. Type species: Esthiopterum columbae (Linnaeus, 1758) = Columbicola columbae (Linnaeus, 1758) (by original designation). Published as part of Gonza ́ Lez-Acun, Daniel A. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2021, An annotated catalogue of bird lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) ...