Quadraceps normifer subsp. alpha

• 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; Quadraceps; Quadraceps normifer; Quadraceps normifer alpha (kellogg; 1914); Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Stercorarius antarcticus; Stercorarius maccormicki
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5766866; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/F1388797FFB0847DFF48566DFCAE8931

Quadraceps normifer alpha (Kellogg, 1914) Nirmus triangulatus Nitzsch, var. alpha Kellogg, 1914: 84. Degeeriella alpha Kellogg, 1914 [sic]; Harrison 1916: 107. Koeniginirmus normifer alpha Kellogg, 1914 [sic]; Eichler 1951: 127. Quadraceps alpha (Kellogg, 1914); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 308. Quadraceps alpha (Kellogg, 1914); Clay & Moreby 1967: 164, 169, fig. 93. Koeniginirmus ( Laminonirmus ) normifer alpha (Kellogg, 1914); Złotorzycka 1967: 759. Quadraceps normifer alpha (Kellogg, 1914); Emerson 1972: 141. Quadraceps normifer alpha (Kellogg, 1914); Cohen et al . 1997: 186. Quadraceps alpha (Kellogg, 1914); Price et al . 2003: 223. Quadraceps normifer alpha (Kellogg, 1914); Palma 2015b: 153, figs 1–3. Quadraceps normifer alpha (Kellogg, 1914); Palma 2017: 178. Lectotype ♂ in EMEC (see Palma 2015b: 151, figs 1, 3). Type host: Stercorarius chilensis (Bonaparte, 1857) (see Palma 2015b: 151). Chilean host: Stercorarius chilensis (Bonaparte, 1857). Other hosts: Stercorarius antarcticus antarcticus (Lesson, 1831) (not confirmed; see Palma 2015b: 154); Stercorarius maccormicki (Saunders, 1893). Chilean locality: Canal Smyth: Region XII. Geographic distribution: South America; Subantarctic Islands; Antarctica; southern Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Chilean references: Cohen et al . (1997); Palma (2015b). Other significant references: Eichler (1951); Clay & Moreby (1967); Złotorzycka (1967); Emerson (1972); Price et al . (2003); Palma (2010: 408); Palma (2017). Remarks: In agreement with Palma (2017: 178) and contrary to Price et al . (2003: 223), we regard this louse taxon as a subspecies of Quadraceps normifer (Grube, 1851). 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 101-102, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5077.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5766642