Species Brueelia semiannulata (Piaget, 1883)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nirmus semiannulatus Piaget, E. 1883. Quelques pédiculines nouvelles ou peu connues. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 26(2): 152-158 pl. 9 [156].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 3♀, Rotterdam Zoo.

  Type host:

   Gymnorhina tibicen hypoleuca (Gould, 1837)
• Bruelia elegans Ansari, M.A.R. 1957. Bruelia elegans sp. nov., a new louse parasitic on the Australian crow, Gymnohorina [sic] tibicen, with a supplementary note on the genus Bruelia Kéler (Mallophaga: Ischnocera). Biologia (Lahore) 3: 122-131 [122] [incorrect subsequent spelling of Brueelia].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Canberra, ACT.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 3♂ 4♀ (paratype series split between ANIC, BMNH); BMNH 3♂ 4♀ (♀ labelled as allotype in BMNH, paratype series split between ANIC, BMNH, U).

  Type host:

   Gymnorhina tibicen tibicen (Latham, 1801)

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Palma, R.L. in Palma, R.L. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Phthiraptera. pp. 81-247, 333-361, 373-376 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 26. Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xiii 418 pp.

Distribution

States

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

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): Cracticus tibicen tibicen (Latham, 1801) [ARTAMIDAE] Black-backed Magpie; Cracticus tibicen hypoleuca (Gould, 1837) [ARTAMIDAE] White-backed Magpie).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Hughes, J.M. 1984. Distribution of Mallophaga on the Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen Latham) (Family: Cracticidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 21(5): 459-466 (ecology)

Hughes, J.M. 1984. Morphometric variation in the Mallophaga of the Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen Latham). Australian Journal of Zoology 21(5): 467-477 (morphometric variation, Australian records)

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