Goniodes gigas

• Main Authors: Gonza ́ Lez-Acun, Daniel A., Palma, Ricardo L.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Psocodea; Philopteridae; Goniodes; Goniodes gigas; Acuña; Ricardo; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5766780; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5766780

Goniodes gigas (Taschenberg, 1879) Goniocotes gigas Taschenberg, 1879: 104, pl. 1: fig. 10. Goniocotes gigas Taschenberg, 1879; Harrison 1916: 81. Stenocrotaphus gigas (Taschenberg, 1879); KÉler 1939: 125, figs 67–68. Goniodes gigas (Taschenberg, 1879); Clay 1940b: 33, figs 21–22. Goniocotes gigas Taschenberg; Roman-Bolelli 1947: 6. Goniodes gigas (Taschenberg, 1879); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 154. Goniocotes gigas Taschenberg, 1842 [sic]; Tagle 1953: 99. Goniocotes gigas Taschenberg, 1842 [sic]; Tagle 1966: 123. Goniocotes gigas (Taschenberg, 1842) [sic]; Alcaíno & Gorma 1999: 14. Goniodes gigas (Taschenberg, 1879); González-Acuña et al. 2009: 182. Goniodes gigas (Taschenberg, 1879); Martín-Mateo 2009: 45, fig. 11A. Types presumed lost (see Palma 2017: 28). Type host: Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson, 1760. Chilean host: Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson, 1760. Other hosts: Guttera edouardi (Hartlaub, 1860); Guttera plumifera (Cassin, 1857); Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758). Chilean locality: Chillán: Region XVI. Geographic distribution: All continents, except Antarctica. Chilean references: Roman-Bolelli (1947); Tagle (1953); Tagle (1966); Alcaíno & Gorma (1999); González-Acuña et al. (2009). Other significant references: KÉler (1939); Clay (1940b); Price et al. (2003: 184); Martín-Mateo (2009). Remarks: Goniodes gigas was introduced to Chile and other countries by human agency with chickens. Published as part of Gonza ́ Lez-Acun, Daniel A. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2021, An annotated catalogue of bird lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from Chile, pp. 1-151 in Zootaxa 5077 (1) on pages 71-72, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5077.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5766642