New synonymy between phiiopterus antarcticus and saemundssonia nivea (phthiraptera: Philopteridae)

Abstract

A new synonymy is proposed between Phiiopterus antarcticus Wood, 1937 and Saemundssonia nivea Timmermann, 1956 (both with type host Pagodroma nivea (Forster, 1777)). It is based on the examination and comparison of the type specimens of both nominal species, as well as several additional samples of Saemundssonia lice from Pagodroma nivea and Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin, 1789). The present status of the senior synonym is Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) antarctica (Wood, 1937). © The Royal Society of New Zealand 1994.