New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts
The species of Saemundssonia (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from
skuas (Aves: Stercorariidae)
RICARDO L. PALMA
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
P.O. Box 467
Wellington, New Zealand
Abstract Three species of
Saemundssonia Timmermann,
1936 parasitic on skuas are recognised as valid:
Saemundssonia
(
Saemundssonia)
cephalus (Denny, 1842) on
Stercorarius
parasiticus;
S. (
S.)
inexspectata Timmermann, 1951 on
Stercorarius longicaudus; and
S. (
S.)
euryrhyncha
(Giebel, 1874) on
Stercorarius pomarinus as well as on all species of
Catharacta. The name
Saemundssonia stresemanni Timmermann, 1949
is proposed as a junior synonym of
S. (
S.)
euryrhyncha.
Measurements and illustrations to facilitate the identification of these three
species of
Saemundssonia are given.
Keywords Saemundssonia; Philopteridae; lice; new
synonymy; skuas
Z99044
Received 24 August 1999; accepted 29 October 1999
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