Pediculus humanus capitis de Geer, 1778 Pediculus humanus capitis de Geer, 1778: 67, pl. 1, figs 6–7. Pediculus humanus capitis de Geer, 1778; Causton et al. 2006: 142. Status, sex and location of types unknown. Type host: Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758. Galápagos host: Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758. Galápagos locality: Isla Santa Cruz. Galápagos reference: Causton et al. (2006). Other significant references: Ferris (1935: 543, figs 306–327, pls I –III); Kim, Pratt & Stojanovich (1986: 150, pl. 48); Durden & Musser (1994a: 50); Barker (1996: 245). Material examined: 1 female and 1 nymph (1 sample, MONZ). Remarks: A louse introduced to the Galápagos Islands with its human hosts. Family POLYPLACIDAE Fahrenholz, 1912 Polyplacinae Fahrenholz, 1912. Jahrb. Niedersächs. Zool Ver. Hannover 2–4: 58. Type genus: Polyplax Enderlein, 1904. Genus Polyplax Enderlein, 1904 Polyplax Enderlein, 1904. Zool. Anz. 28: 139, 142. Type species: Polyplax spinulosa (Burmeister, 1839) (by original designation).

Published as part of Palma, Ricardo L. & Peck, Stewart B., 2013, An annotated checklist of parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from the Galápagos Islands , pp. 1-87 in Zootaxa 3627 (1) on pages 66-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3627.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5261238