Species Austromenopon transversum (Denny, 1842)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Menopon transversum Denny, H. 1842. Monographia Anoplurorum Britanniae. London : Henry G. Bohn xxiv 262 pp. pls 1-26. [201, 226] [incorrect spelling as transversus on p. 226].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 503 ♀, locality unknown.

  Subsequent designation 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 [166].

  Type host:

   Hirundo nigricans Vieillot, 1817 [HIRUNDINIDAE]
• Menopon lemniscatum Enderlen, G. 1908. Die Insekten des antarktischen Gebietes. Deutsche Südpolar Expedition 1901–1903 Zoologie 2: 361-528 pls 1-24 [456].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 2♂ 32♀ 4 juveniles, Kerguelen Is.

  Type host:

   Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823 [LARIDAE]

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Emerson, K.C. 1972. Checklist of the Mallophaga of North America (North of Mexico). Suborder Amblycera. Dugway (Utah) : Deseret Test Center Part 2 118 pp. [35]

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Heard Is.*, 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): Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823 [LARIDAE] Kelp Gull; Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) [LARIDAE] Silver Gull).

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, illustrations)

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 [5] (Australian record)

Hopkins, G.H.E. & Clay, T. 1952. A Checklist of the Genera & Species of Mallophaga. London : Trustees of the British Museum 362 pp. [47] (for restriction of type host of Menopon lemniscatum Enderlein, 1908)

 

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