Subspecies Anatoecus icterodes icterodes (Nitzsch, 1818)

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• Philopterus (Docophorus) icterodes Nitzsch, C.L. 1818. Die Familien und Gattungen der Theierinsekten (insecta epizoica); als ein Prodromus einer Naturgeschichte derselben. Magazin der Entomologie 3: 261-318 [290] [name erected for 'Degeer vii. t. 4. f. 14.'].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH 20221a ♂, South Uist, British Isles.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1960. The early literature on Mallophaga (part IV, 1787–1818). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 9(1): 1-61 pls 1-6 [39].

  Type locality references:

  Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1960. The early literature on Mallophaga (part IV, 1787–1818). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 9(1): 1-61 pls 1-6 [39].

  Type host:

   Mergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

States

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

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): Anas rhynchotis Latham, 1801 [ANATIDAE] Australasian Shoveler; Oxyura australis Gould, 1837 [ANATIDAE] Blue-billed Duck; Anas gracilis Buller, 1869 [ANATIDAE] Grey Teal; Aythya australis (Eyton, 1838) [ANATIDAE] Hardhead; Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 [ANATIDAE] Mallard; Biziura lobata (Shaw, 1796) [ANATIDAE] Musk Duck; 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)

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