Species Boopia spinosa Harrison & Johnston, 1916

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• Boopia spinosa Harrison, L. & Johnston, T.H. 1916. Mallophaga from marsupials. I. Parasitology 3: 338-359 [350].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 734 ♂, VIC.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 735 ♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Werneck, F.L. & Thompson, G.B. 1940. Sur les mallophages des marsupiaux d'Australie (Mallophaga Boopidae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro 35: 411-456 [436].

  Type host:

   Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] (but host record probably due to contamination, see <8012>)

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793) [DASYURIDAE] Brush-tailed Phascogale), sanguinivore.

General References

Kéler, S. von 1971. A revision of the Australasian Boopiidae (Insecta: Phthiraptera) with notes on the Trimenoponidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 6: 3-126 [42] (referred to Phagcogalia)

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