Species Bedfordiella unica Thompson, 1937

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• Bedfordiella unica Thompson, G.B. 1937. A new genus and species of Mallophaga (Sub-family Esthiopterinae) from a petrel. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 20: 434-436 [434].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH BM-1980–40 ♀, locality unknown.

  Type host:

   Pterodroma brevirostris (Lesson, 1833)
• Bedfordiella simsi Timmermann, G. 1961. Gruppen-Revisionen bei Mallophagen. IV. Genera Pseudonirmus Mjöberg, 1910, Bedfordiella Thompson, 1937, und Episbates Harrison, 1935. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 21: 30-45 [39].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Gough Is.

  Type locality references:

  Palma, R.L. & Pilgrim, R.L.C. 1983. The genus Bedfordiella (Mallophaga: Philopteridae) and a note on the lice from the Kerguelen petrel (Pterodroma brevirostris). Records of the National Museum of New Zealand 2(13): 145-150 [146] (for comment on authenticity of type host).

  Type host:

   Pachyptila vittata (G. Forster, 1777)

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Palma, R.L. & Pilgrim, R.L.C. 1983. The genus Bedfordiella (Mallophaga: Philopteridae) and a note on the lice from the Kerguelen petrel (Pterodroma brevirostris). Records of the National Museum of New Zealand 2(13): 145-150 [146]

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Lugensa brevirostris (Lesson, 1831) [PROCELLARIIDAE] Kerguelen Petrel).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Palma, R.L. & Pilgrim, R.L.C. 1983. The genus Bedfordiella (Mallophaga: Philopteridae) and a note on the lice from the Kerguelen petrel (Pterodroma brevirostris). Records of the National Museum of New Zealand 2(13): 145-150 (systematics, illustrations, Australian records)

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