Species Parapsyllus magellanicus Jordan, 1938
- Parapsyllus magellanicus Jordan, K. 1938. On the species of bird - Parapsylli from the Falklands obtained on the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934–37. Novitates Zoologicae 41: 134-139 [135].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Kidney Is. of Falkland Ils.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀.Subsequent designation references:
Smit, F.G.A.M. & Wright, A.M. 1978. A Catalogue of the Primary Type Specimens of Siphonaptera in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum (Natural History) 71 pp. [30].Type host:
Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster, 1781) [SPHENISCIDAE] - Parapsyllus magellanicus heardi Meillon, B. de 1952. The fleas of sea birds in the Southern Ocean. Reports. Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition. Series B. Zoology B 1: 1-11 [4].
Type data:
Holotype IMRJ ♂, Cape Gazert, Heard Is.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1♂ 1♀; IMRJ 5♂ 11♀.Type host:
Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin, 1789) [PROCELLARIIDAE]
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Smit, F.G.A.M. 1965. Siphonaptera of New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology 7: 1-50 [20]
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from Heard and Macquarie Is. in Australian area but occurs on penguins, petrels, comorants and skuas in the S Atlantic, S Indian and S Pacific Oceans, see Dunnet, G.M. 1964. Distribution and host relationships of fleas in the Antarctic and Subantarctic. Proc. 1st SCAR Symp. Antarctic Biol. 223–238 pp. [229].
Original AFD Distribution Data
Antarctic Region
- Subantarctic Islands
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Ectoparasitic (host(s): Eudyptes chrysocome (J.R. Forster, 1781) [SPHENISCIDAE] Rockhopper Penguin; Catharacta skua lonnbergi (Mathews, 1912) [LARIDAE] Great Skua; Daption capense (Linnaeus, 1758) [PROCELLARIIDAE] Cape Petrel; Thalassarche melanophris melanophris (Temminck, 1828) [DIOMEDEIDAE] Black-browed Albatross; Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin, 1789) [PROCELLARIIDAE] Southern Giant-petrel; Pachyptila desolata (Gmelin, 1789) [PROCELLARIIDAE] Antarctic Prion; Pterodroma (Pterodroma) lessonii (Garnot, 1826) [PROCELLARIIDAE] White-headed Petrel; Phoebetria palpebrata (J.R. Forster, 1785) [DIOMEDEIDAE] Light-mantled Sooty Albatross), sanguinivore.
Extra Ecological Information
Preferred hosts petrels and other burrowing seabirds, common in penguin nests.
General References
Dunnet, G.M. 1964. Distribution and host relationships of fleas in the Antarctic and Subantarctic. Proc. 1st SCAR Symp. Antarctic Biol. 223-238 pp. [229] (distribution)
Meillon, B. de 1952. The fleas of sea birds in the Southern Ocean. Reports. Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition. Series B. Zoology B 1: 1-11
Murray, M.D. & Vestjens, W.J.M. 1967. Studies on the ectoparasites of seals and penguins. III. The distribution of the tick Ixodes uriae White and the flea Parapsyllus magellanicus heardi de Meillon on Macquarie Island. Australian Journal of Zoology 15(4): 715-725 2 pls [Date published 31/Aug/1967] (biology)
Smit, F.G.A.M. 1965. Siphonaptera of New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology 7: 1-50
Smit, F.G.A.M. 1979. The fleas of New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 9: 143-232 [162] (hosts, distribution, heardi treated as a valid species)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |