Species Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) sternae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pediculus sternae Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [612].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH 16151 ♂, Sweden.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Clay, T. 1949. Species of the genus Saemundssonia (Mallophaga) from the Sterninae. American Museum Novitates 1409: 1-25 [10].

  Type locality references:

  Clay, T. 1949. Species of the genus Saemundssonia (Mallophaga) from the Sterninae. American Museum Novitates 1409: 1-25 [10].

  Type host:

   Sterna hirundo hirundo Linnaeus, 1758

  Secondary source:

   Hopkins, G.H.E. & Clay, T. 1952. A Checklist of the Genera & Species of Mallophaga. London : Trustees of the British Museum 362 pp. [336].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Sterna (Sterna) striata Gmelin, 1789 [LARIDAE] White-fronted Tern).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Clay, T. 1949. Species of the genus Saemundssonia (Mallophaga) from the Sterninae. American Museum Novitates 1409: 1-25 [4] (systematics, illustrations)

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 [19] (Australian record)

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