Galapagos Species Database
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Guimaraesiella galapagensis
Piojo de Galápagos, Galápagos Louse
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Psocodea
Suborder
Troctomorpha
Family
Philopteridae
Genus
Guimaraesiella
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Brueelia galapagensis Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902; Synonyms: Docophorus galapagensis (Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902); Docophorus galapagensis (Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902); Kellogg 1906; Degeeriella galapagensis (Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902); Harrison 1916; Philopterus galapagensis (Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902); Thompson 1939; Brueelia galapagensis Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902 (Gustafsson & Bush, 2017).
Origin: Endemic
- Clayton, A. R. Bush, S. E., Waller, M. M., & Clayton, D. H. (2026) Contrasting Effects of Grooming by Galápagos Mockingbirds on Parasitic Lice and Feather Mites. Diversity, 18(9), 551. https://doi.org/10.3390/d18090551
- Gustafsson, D. R. Bush, S. E. (2017) Morphological revision of the hyperdiverse Brueelia-complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) with new taxa, checklists and generic key Zootaxa, 4313(1). https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4313.1.1
- 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
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"Galapagos Species Database, Guimaraesiella galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25665. Accessed 6 November 2026.