Genus Colpocephalum Nitzsch, 1818

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• Colpocephalum Nitzsch, C.L. 1818. Die Familien und Gattungen der Theierinsekten (insecta epizoica); als ein Prodromus einer Naturgeschichte derselben. Magazin der Entomologie 3: 261-318 [298] [introduced as a subgenus of Liotheum Nitzsch, 1818].

  Type species:

   Colpocephalum zebra Burmeister, 1838 by subsequent designation, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1955. Opinion no. 342 Designation, under the Plenary Powers, of type species for the nominal genera Lipeurus Nitzsch, 1818, Colpocephalum Nitzsch, 1818 and Gyropus Nitzsch, 1818 (Class Insecta, Order Mallophaga) in harmony with current nomenclatorial practice. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 10(9): 271-298 [273].
• Ferrisia Uchida, S. 1926. Studies on amblycerous Mallophaga of Japan. Journal of the College of Agriculture, Tokyo 9(1): 1-56 [43] [junior homonym of Ferrisia Fullaway, 1923 (Hemiptera)].

  Type species:

   Colpocephalum turbinatum Denny, 1842 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Hopkins, G.H.E. & Clay, T. 1952. A Checklist of the Genera & Species of Mallophaga. London : Trustees of the British Museum 362 pp. [75].
• Neocolpocephalum Ewing, H.E. 1933. Neocolpocephalum, a new name for the mallophagan genus Ferrisia Uchida. Journal of Parasitology 20: 65-66 [65] [nom. nov. for Ferrisia Uchida, 1926].

  Secondary source:

   Hopkins, G.H.E. & Clay, T. 1952. A Checklist of the Genera & Species of Mallophaga. London : Trustees of the British Museum 362 pp. [76].
• Liothella Eichler, W. 1947. Dr. E. Mjöberg's zoological collections from Sumatra. 15. Mallophaga. Arkiv för Zoologi 39A(2): 1-21 [15].

  Type species:

   Colpocephalum leptopygos Nitzsch (in Giebel), 1874 by original designation.
• Pelecanigogus Eichler, W. 1949. Phthirapterorum nova genera. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 79: 11-13 [12].

  Type species:

   Colpocephalum eucarenum Burmeister, 1838 by original designation (as Colpocephalum eucarenum Ntz. i. Brm.).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hopkins, G.H.E. & Clay, T. 1952. A Checklist of the Genera & Species of Mallophaga. London : Trustees of the British Museum 362 pp. [75]

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

Menoponidae: Colpocephalum albidum Giebel, 1874 — Thompson, G.B. & Plomley, N.J.B. 1938. A list of the insect ectoparasites recorded from Australian birds and mammals. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 63: 105-127 [111] (from Macropygia amboinensis phasianella (Temminck, 1821) and Phaps chalcoptera (Latham, 1790) is a nomen dubium (<0180> [77]))

MENOPONIDAE: Colpocephalum temporale Piaget, 1890 — Thompson, G.B. & Plomley, N.J.B. 1938. A list of the insect ectoparasites recorded from Australian birds and mammals. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 63: 105-127 [111] (from Probosciger aterrimus (Gmelin, 1788) is probably a contaminant from Alisterus amboinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) from an undetermined locality (<0285> [645] as Franciscoloa temporale))

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide except polar regions.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, 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)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	Phthiraptera	15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Alice Wells (ABRS)
28-Sep-2022	Phthiraptera	26-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED
		15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED