Antarctophthirus callorhini Osborn 1899

Antarctophthirus callorhini (Osborn, 1899)

Haematopinus callorhini Osborn, 1899: 553, fig. 1.

Antarctophthirus monachus Kellogg & Ferris, 1915: 49, figs 17A, 18, pl. 3, fig. 4. Ferris 1916a: 183; Freund 1928: 23, figs 20–23.

Antarctophthirus callorhini (Osborn, 1899); McAtee 1923: 142; Ferris 1934: 495, figs 289–290; Ferris 1951: 72; Jellison 1952: 274; Margolis 1954: 277; Jellison & Milner 1958: 200; King 1964: 139; Keyes 1965: 1094; Miller 1971: 670, figs 7–11; Kim 1971: 280, figs1–26; Kim 1972: 2028, figs 1–3; Margolis & Dailey 1972: 14; Kim et al. 1974: 281; Kim et al. 1975: 547; Kim 1975: 504, figs 342–348; Murray 1976: 92, fig. 4.7; Lyons et al. 1978: 455; Lyons et al. 1980: 56; Marshall 1981: 175, 247, 292; Kim 1982b: 125; King 1983: 203; Kim et al. 1986: 44, pl. 1; Kim 1988: 108; Durden & Musser 1994a: 7; Durden & Musser 1994b: 140; Price & Graham 1997: 119.

Achimella callorhini (Osborn, 1899); Eichler 1941: 375.

Antarctophthirus (Achimella) callorhini (Osborn, 1899); Hopkins 1949: 508.

Antarctophthirius [sic] monachus Kellogg & Ferris, 1915; Ass 1934: 103; Dubinin 1955: 29. Misspelling. Antarcthophthirius [sic] callorhini; Raga 1997: 76. Misspelling.

Type host. Callorhinus ursinus (Linnaeus, 1758) —Northern fur seal.

Type locality. Pribilof Islands, Alaska, U.S.A.

Type specimen/s data. Syntypes of A. callorhini probably lost (Kim 1971: 283, proposed the need of a neotype; Kim et al. 1986: 44). The holotype 3 of A. monachus is deposited in the Ferris Collection at EMEC under the number 52226.

Other hosts. None.

Geographic distribution. North Pacific Ocean and Bearing Sea.

Significant references. Ferris (1934: 495, synonymy, description, figures, hosts); Freund (1928: 23, detailed figures, as A. monachus); Ferris (1951: 75, synonymy, hosts); Dubinin (1955: 29, resistance or “parasitophoria”); Miller (1971: 670, scanning electron microscopy of antennae); Kim (1971: 280, egg, nymphs and adults described and illustrated); Kim (1972: 2027, population dynamics); Kim et al. (1974: 281, mercury contamination); Kim (1975: 504, ecology; adaptation; population dynamics); Lyons et al. (1978: 463, control by pesticides); Kim et al. (1986: 44, redescription, figures, biology); Durden & Musser (1994a: 7, synonymy, hosts, distribution).

Remarks. Jellison (1952: 274) reported three Arctic foxes (Alopex pribilofensis (Merriam 1902)) with Antarctophthirus callorhini originating from northern fur seals, due to the foxes’ habit of feeding on dead seals.