Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Antarctophthirus microchir
piojo, louse
ectoparasite
This lice species was collected from sea lions on four Galapagos Islands.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Psocodea
Suborder
Troctomorpha
Family
Echinophthiriidae
Genus
Antarctophthirus
Species
microchir
Taxon category: Accepted
Synonym: Echinophthirius microchir (Trouessart & Neumann, 1888)
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Española, Fernandina, Floreana, San Cristóbal.
- Dailey, M. Ellin, R. & Parás, A. (2005) First report of parasites from pinnipeds in the Galpagos Islands, Ecuador, with a description of a new species of Philophthalmus (Digenea: Philophthalmidae). Journal of Parasitology 91(3): 614-617.
- Palma, R.L. Peck, S.B. (2013) An annotated checklist of parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from the Galápagos Islands Zootaxa 3627 (1): 001–087
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"Galapagos Species Database, Antarctophthirus microchir", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11696. Accessed 1 November 2026.