Species Colpocephalum leptopygos Nitzsch (in Giebel), 1874

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• Colpocephalum leptopygos Nitzsch, C.L. in Giebel, C.G.A. 1874. Insecta epizoa. Die auf Säugetieren und Vögeln schmarotzenden Insecten nach Chr. L. Nitzsch's Nachlass bearbeitet. Leipzig : O. Wiegand xvi 308 pp. pls 1-20. [273].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (probably lost), locality unknown.

  Type host:

   Plegadis falcinellus falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766)

  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. [80].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Host record only.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), 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), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), 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), 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), 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 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), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766) [THRESKIORNITHIDAE] Glossy Ibis).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

 

General References

Murray, M.D., Palma, R.L. & Pilgrim, R.L.C. 1990. Ectoparasites of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds. pp. 1365-1374 in Marchant, S. & Higgins, P.J. (eds). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Melbourne : Oxford University Press Vol. 1. [1373] (Australasian record)

 

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