Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Trinoton querquedulae (Linnaeus, 1758)

piojo, louse

ectoparasite

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Phthiraptera

Suborder
Amblycera

Family
Menoponidae

Genus
Trinoton

Species
querquedulae

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Trinoton lituratum Burmeister, 1838

References

  • Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
  • Palma, R.L. Peck, S.B. (2013) An annotated checklist of parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from the Galápagos Islands Zootaxa 3627 (1): 001–087
  • Smith, V. (ed.) (2012) Phthiraptera.info. Website published by the International Society of Phthirapterists. http://phthiraptera.info/

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"Galapagos Species Database, Trinoton querquedulae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13424. Accessed 5 April 2026.