Species Ardeicola ibis (Le Souëf & Bullen, 1902)

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• Lipeurus ibis Le Souëf, S.A. & Bullen, H. 1902. Descriptions of some Mallophaga from Australian birds. Victorian Naturalist 18: 155-158 1 pl. [156].

  Type data:

   Neotype ANIC WV-470 ♂, Lake Cowal, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Tandan, B.K. 1976. The species of Ardeicola (Phthiraptera) on Threskiornis (Aves). Systematic Entomology 1: 75-87 [81].

  Type locality references:

  Tandan, B.K. 1976. The species of Ardeicola (Phthiraptera) on Threskiornis (Aves). Systematic Entomology 1: 75-87 [81].

  Type host:

   Threskiornis molucca strictipennis (Gould, 1838)
• Esthiopterum ibidis Harrison, L. 1916. The genera and species of Mallophaga. Parasitology 9(1): 1-156 [136] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Lipeurus ibis Le Souëf & Bullen, 1902].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Threskiornis molucca (Cuvier, 1829) [THRESKIORNITHIDAE] Australian White Ibis).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Tandan, B.K. 1976. The species of Ardeicola (Phthiraptera) on Threskiornis (Aves). Systematic Entomology 1: 75-87 [79] (systematics, illustrations, Australian record)

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