Species Austromenopon fuscofasciatum (Piaget, 1880)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Menopon fuscofasciatum Piaget, E. 1880. Les Pédiculines. Essai Monographique. Leide : E.J. Brill xxxix 714 pp. pls 1-56. [492].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 678a ♀, locality unknown.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Clay, T. 1949. Systematic notes on the Piaget collections of Mallophaga. - Pt I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 2: 811-838, 895-921 [829].

  Type host:

   Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815) [LARIDAE]

  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. [47].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Heard Is., Macquarie Is.

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Catharacta skua lonnbergi Mathews, 1912 [LARIDAE] Great Skua).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

 

General References

Clay, T. 1959. Key to the species of Austromenopon Bedford (Mallophaga) parasitic on the Charadriiformes. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London B 28(11–12): 157-168 (systematics, illustration)

Dreux, P. 1978. La faune entomologique de l'Île Heard. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 83(5–6): 108-115 [110] (Australian record)

 

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
19-Jul-2012		15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED
		15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED