Title: CATALOG OF ENTOMOLOGICAL TYPES IN THE BISHOP MUSEUM Mallophaga
Abstract: This catalog lists the holotypes of 66 species and allotypes of 18 species of Mallophaga deposited in the Bishop Museum. Locality data are provided, as are corrected or confirmed host identifications, for many ofthe types. The Mallophaga collection in the Bishop Museum contains approximately 500 named species identified by specialists, preserved on some 6000 slides and in alcohol. The actual number of identified specimens is many more than would be indicated by the number of slides because of the practice of mounting a specimen of each sex side by side on the same slide. Much additional material is identified only to generic level. The bulk ofthe collection derives from New Guinea and the Solomons, the Pacific Basin, and the Oriental Region. Particularly extensive collections from New Guinea are still being studied and a large collection of Philippine Mallophaga is virtually unworked. This catalog includes holotypes and allotypes of all species actually or reportedly deposited in the Bishop Museum. The type collection comprises holotypes of 66 species, with allotypes associated with 18 of these. Paratypes are not included herein; the collection houses paratypes of more than 75 species. Approximately 72% ofthe primary types are from New Guinea and the Solomons. The format follows that outlined in the Introduction to the Bishop Museum En tomological Type Catalog by Radovsky et al. (1976). Names are listed as originally published and are entered alphabetically under families, also arranged in alphabetical order. Locality and host information published in the original louse description has been supplemented with additional information where available. This was possible in many cases where hosts are deposited in Bishop. The most complete available collection data are listed on host catalog cards and, for the most part, locality data are added or corrected from that source. Information appearing in brackets ( ) herein was added by me and did not appear in the original description ofthe louse species. The section on Host Information in Tenorio (1976) described background, parasite collections, problems with field identifications of vertebrate hosts and other points relevant also to the Mallophaga Catalog. Only the essential points are repeated here. Hosts are given for each louse species and all host identifications are followed by the type host specimen number, where known. Host numbers prefixed by BBM or BM (usually followed by a geographic coding, as BBM-NG, signifying a Bishop New Guinea collection)
Publication Year: 1979
Publication Date: 1979-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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