Species Austrogoniodes macquariensis Harrison, 1937

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• Austrogoniodes macquariensis Harrison, L. 1937. Mallophaga and Siphunculata. 2(1). 1-47 pls 1-3 in Johnston, T.H. (ed.). Scientific Reports, Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–1914, series C - Zoology and Botany. Sydney : Government Printer. [17].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂, Macquarie Is.

  Type locality references:

  Clay, T. 1967. Mallophaga (biting lice) and Anoplura (sucking lice). Part 1: Austrogoniodes (Mallophaga) parasitic on penguins (Sphenisciformes). 10. pp. 149–155 in Gressitt, J.L. (ed.) Antarctic Research Series. Washington D.C. : American Geophysical Union. [154] (for restriction of type host).

  Type host:

   Eudyptes chrysocome (J.R. Forster, 1781)

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Macquarie Island Province (24), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Eudyptes chrysolophus (Brandt, 1837) [SPHENISCIDAE] Macaroni Penguin; Eudyptes chrysocome (Forster, 1781) [SPHENISCIDAE] Rockhopper Penguin; Eudyptes chrysolophus schlegeli Finsch, 1876 [SPHENISCIDAE] Royal Penguin).

Extra Ecological Information

Record of Austrogoniodes macquariensis from Eudyptes pachyrhynchus on Macquarie Is. by Clay (1967: 154) is the result of a misinterpretation of host identity —see Pilgrim & Palma (1982: 29); feather-feeder.

General References

Clay, T. 1967. Mallophaga (biting lice) and Anoplura (sucking lice). Part 1: Austrogoniodes (Mallophaga) parasitic on penguins (Sphenisciformes). 10. pp. 149–155 in Gressitt, J.L. (ed.) Antarctic Research Series. Washington D.C. : American Geophysical Union. [152, 154] (systematics, distribution)

Pilgrim, R.L.C. & Palma, R.L. 1982. A list of the chewing lice (Insecta: Mallophaga) from birds in New Zealand. Notornis 29(suppl.): 1-32

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