Subspecies Anatoecus dentatus dentatus (Scopoli, 1763)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pediculus dentatus Scopoli, G.A. 1763. Entomologia Carniolica, exhibens Insecta Carniolæ indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates, methodo Linnæana. Vindobonae [=Vienna] : Trattner xxxvi 420 pp. [383].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH 4176 ♂, NE Poland.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1951. The early literature on Mallophaga (part II, 1763–1775). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 2(1): 1-37 pls 1-3 [17].

  Type locality references:

  Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1951. The early literature on Mallophaga (part II, 1763–1775). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 2(1): 1-37 pls 1-3 [17].

  Type host:

   Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos 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. [35].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Macquarie Is.*.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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): Chenonetta jubata (Latham, 1801) [ANATIDAE] Australian Wood Duck; Anas gracilis Buller, 1869 [ANATIDAE] Grey Teal; Aythya australis (Eyton, 1838) [ANATIDAE] Hardhead; Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 [ANATIDAE] Mallard; Anas (Anas) superciliosa Gmelin, 1789 [ANATIDAE] Pacific Black Duck; Malacorhynchus membranaceus (Latham, 1801) [ANATIDAE] Pink-eared Duck).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

 

General References

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 [10] (Australian records)

Kéler, S. von 1960. Über die dualistische differenzierung der Gattung Anatoecus Cummings (Mallophaga). Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 20: 207-316 (systematics, illustrations)

Rudolph, D. 1983. The water-vapour uptake of the Phthiraptera. Journal of Insect Physiology 29(1): 15-25 (physiology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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