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Saemundssonia albemarlensis (Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902)

piojo, louse

ectoparasite

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Psocodea

Suborder
Troctomorpha

Family
Philopteridae

Genus
Saemundssonia

Species
albemarlensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Synonyms: Docophorus melanocephalus (Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902); Docophorus albemarlensis (Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902); Philopterus albemarlensis (Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902); Harrison 1916; Saemundssonia melanocephala (Thompson, 1939); Saemundssonia petersi (Ward, 1955)

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, Saemundssonia albemarlensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13460. Accessed 4 November 2026.