Species Carduiceps zonarius (Nitzsch (in Giebel), 1866)

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• Nirmus zonarius Nitzsch, C.L. in Giebel, C.G.A. 1866. Die im zoologischen Museum der Universität Halle aufgestellten Epizoen nebst Beobachtungen über dieselben. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften Halle N.F. 2 28(11/12): 353-397 [374].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH 17912 ♂, Aden.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Timmermann, G. 1954. A revision of the genus Carduiceps Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1939 (Mallophaga). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 7: 40-48 [45].

  Type locality references:

  Timmermann, G. 1954. A revision of the genus Carduiceps Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1939 (Mallophaga). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 7: 40-48 [45] (for restriction of type host).

  Type host:

   Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812)
• Nirmus complexivus Kellogg, V.L. & Chapman, B.L. 1899. Mallophaga, III. Mallophaga from birds of California. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 6: 53-143 pls 5-8 [75].

  Type data:

   Lectotype EMUC 472b ♀, Pacific Grove, California.
  Paralectotype(s) EMUC 8♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Carriker, M.A. 1957. Notes on some of the Vernon L. Kellogg types of Mallophaga. Microentomology 22(5): 95-110 [99].

  Type locality references:

  Carriker, M.A. 1957. Notes on some of the Vernon L. Kellogg types of Mallophaga. Microentomology 22(5): 95-110 [99] (for restriction of type host).

  Type host:

   Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Timmermann, G. 1954. A revision of the genus Carduiceps Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1939 (Mallophaga). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 7: 40-48 [44]

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): Calidris (Ereunetes) ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) [SCOLOPACIDAE] Red-necked Stint; Calidris (Crocethia) alba (Pallas, 1764) [SCOLOPACIDAE] Sanderling).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

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 [12] (Australian record)

Hunter, J.E. & Colwell, M.A. 1994. Phthiraptera infestation of five shorebird species. Wilson Bulletin 106(2): 400-403 (ecology)

Timmermann, G. 1954. A revision of the genus Carduiceps Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1939 (Mallophaga). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 7: 40-48 [44] (systematics, illustrations)

History of changes