New synonymies in the lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) infesting albatrosses and petrels (Procellariiformes)

Abstract

Among the lice parasitic on albatrosses and petrels, four new synonymies are proposed. They are: Austromenopon bulleri Price & Clay, 1972 = Austromenopon navigans (Kellogg, 1896); Docophoroides irroratae Timmermann, 1962 = Docophoroides ferrisi Harrison, 1937; Saemundssonia creatopae Carriker, 1964 = Saemundssonia bicolor (Rudow, 1870); Puffinoecus nadleri Mey, 1989 = Saemundssonia puellula Timmermann, 1965.

Keywords:

• lice
• Phthiraptera
• albatrosses
• petrels
• Procellariiformes
• new synonymie