Halipeurus pelagicus is a species of phtilopterid louse found on seabirds including the European storm petrel, but it is not found on the Wilson's storm petrel.[1]

Halipeurus pelagicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Philopteridae
Genus: Halipeurus
Species:
H. pelagicus
Binomial name
Halipeurus pelagicus
(Denny, 1842)

References edit

  1. ^ Fowler, J A; Price, R A (1987). "A comparative study of the ischnoceran Mallophaga of Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus and British Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus". Seabird. 10: 43–49.