Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pectinopygus annulatus
piojo, louse
ectoparasite
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Psocodea
Suborder
Troctomorpha
Family
Philopteridae
Genus
Pectinopygus
Species
annulatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Synonyms: Lipeurus annulatus (Piaget, 1880); Lipeurus potens (Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902); Esthiopterum annulatum (Piaget, 1880); Harrison 1916
- 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, Pectinopygus annulatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13443. Accessed 4 November 2026.