Galapagos Species Database
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Craspedorrhynchus sp. 1
piojo, louse
ectoparasite
on Buteo galapagoensis (Galápagos Hawk)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Psocodea
Suborder
Troctomorpha
Family
Philopteridae
Genus
Craspedorrhynchus
Species
sp. 1
Taxon category: New to Science
Synonyms: Docophorus taurocephalus (Kellogg, 1906); Philopterus taurocephalus (Thompson, 1939); Craspedorrhynchus taurocephalus (Clay in Linsley & Usinger, 1966)
- Palma, R.L. Peck, S.B. (2013) An annotated checklist of parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from the Galápagos Islands Zootaxa 3627 (1): 001–087
- Parker, P.G. Whiteman, N.K., & Miller, R.E. (2006) Conservation medicine on the Galápagos Islands: partnerships among behavioral, population, and veterinarian scientists. The Auk 123(3): 625-638.
- Whiteman, N.K. Dosanjh, V.S., Ricardo L. Palma, R.L., Hull, J. M., Kimball, R.T., Sánchez, P., Sarasola, H.S & Parker, P.G. (2009) Molecular and morphological divergence in a pair of bird species and their ectoparasites. Journal of Parasitology 95(6): 1372–1382.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Craspedorrhynchus sp. 1", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12138. Accessed 3 November 2026.