Species Acidoproctus hilli (Harrison, 1915)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Heteroproctus hilli Harrison, L. 1915. On a new family and five new genera of Mallophaga. Parasitology 7: 383-407 pls 26-27 [394].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM 7♂ 4♀ 6 juveniles (syntype series split between AM, BMNH), Koolpinyah, NT; BMNH 7♂ 4♀ 6 juveniles (syntype series split between AM, BMNH), Koolpinyah, NT. *H*Type host: Anseranas semipalmata (Latham, 1798).

  Type host:

   Anseranas semipalmata (Latham, 1798)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), 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), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), 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), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Anseranas semipalmata (Latham, 1798) [ANSERANATIDAE] Magpie Goose).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Timmermann, G. 1962. Gruppen-Revisionen bei Mallophagen. V. Zur näheren Kennzeichnung des Ornithobius-Komplexes (Philopteridae), parasitisch bei Entenvögeln. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 22: 133-147 [143] (illustration)

History of changes