Species Columbicola tasmaniensis Tendeiro, 1967
- Columbicola tasmaniensis Tendeiro, J. 1967. Études sur les Mallophages. Clés pour le genre Columbicola Ewing, 1929. Observations additionelles, avec description de quatre espèces et une sous-espèces nouvelles. Revista Estudos Gerais Universite Moçambique 4 4: 71-194 [132].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, TAS.
Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ ♀ (several specimens, including ♀ in ANIC labelled as allotype, paratype series split between ANIC, BMNH); BMNH ♂ ♀ (several specimens, including ♀ in ANIC labelled as allotype, paratype series split between ANIC, BMNH).Type host:
Phaps chalcoptera chalcoptera (Latham, 1790)
Introduction
New records from Tasmania and South Australia (Adams et al. 2005).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Ectoparasitic (host(s): Phaps elegans (Temminck, 1810) [COLUMBIDAE] Brush Bronzewing; Phaps chalcoptera chalcoptera (Latham, 1790) [COLUMBIDAE] Common Bronzewing).
Extra Ecological Information
Feather-feeder.
General References
Adams, R.J.; Price, R.D. & Clayton, D.H. 2005. Taxonomic revision of Old World members of the feather louse genus Columbicola (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera), including descriptions of eight new species. Journal of Natural History 39: 3545-6318
Green, R.H. & Palma, R.L. 1991. A list of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) recorded from Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 100: 1-43 [12] (Australian records)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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15-Sep-2023 | Phthiraptera | 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Alice Wells (ABRS) |
28-Sep-2022 | Phthiraptera | 26-Jul-2023 | MODIFIED | |
18-Apr-2016 | PHILOPTERIDAE | 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED | |
19-Jul-2012 | 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED |