Species Ciconiphilus decimfasciatus (Boisduval & Lacordaire, 1835)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Liotheum decimfasciatum Boisduval, J.B.A.D. de & Lacordaire, J.T. 1835. pp. 117–125 in, Faune Entomologique des Environs de Paris; ou species général des insectes qui se trouvent dans un rayon de quinze a vingt lieues aux alentours de Paris. Tom. 1 Paris : Méquignon-Marvis, Père et Fils. [123] [as Liotheum 10-fasciatum].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (probably lost), near Paris, France.

  Type host:

   Alauda arvensis Linnaeus, 1758 [ALAUDIDAE]

  Secondary source:

   Price, R.D. & Beer, J.R. 1965. A review of Ciconiphilus (Mallophaga: Menoponidae). The Canadian Entomologist 97(6): 657-666 [661].
• Colpocephalum castaneum Piaget, E. 1885. Les Pédiculines. Essai Monographique. Suppl. Leide : E.J. Brill xvi 200 pp. pls 1-17. [153].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1111 ♂, locality unknown.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♂ 4♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Clay, T. 1951. Systematic notes on the Piaget collections of Mallophaga. - Pt II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 4: 173-182 [177].

  Type host:

   Cygnus atratus (Latham, 1790)

  Secondary source:

   Price, R.D. & Beer, J.R. 1965. A review of Ciconiphilus (Mallophaga: Menoponidae). The Canadian Entomologist 97(6): 657-666 [661].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Price, R.D. & Beer, J.R. 1965. A review of Ciconiphilus (Mallophaga: Menoponidae). The Canadian Entomologist 97(6): 657-666 [661]

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): Botaurus poiciloptilus (Wagler, 1827) [ARDEIDAE] Australasian Bittern; Ardea ibis Linnaeus, 1758 [ARDEIDAE] Cattle Egret; Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789) [ARDEIDAE] Eastern Reef Egret; Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 [ARDEIDAE] Great Egret; Ardea (Mesophoyx) intermedia Wagler, 1829 [ARDEIDAE] Intermediate Egret; Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) [ARDEIDAE] Little Egret; Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) [ARDEIDAE] White-faced Heron).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Price, R.D. & Beer, J.R. 1965. A review of Ciconiphilus (Mallophaga: Menoponidae). The Canadian Entomologist 97(6): 657-666 [661] (systematics, illustrations, Australian record, comment on authenticity of type host of Colpocephalum castaneum Piaget, 1885)

History of changes