Species Goniodes souefi Clay, 1940

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• Goniodes souefi Clay, T. 1940. A revision of the genera and species of Mallophaga occurring on Gallinaceous hosts. Part II. Goniodes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London B 110: 1-120 [100] [nom. nov. for Goniodes longus Le Souëf, 1902].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).
• Goniodes elongatus Piaget, E. 1885. Les Pédiculines. Essai Monographique. Suppl. Leide : E.J. Brill xvi 200 pp. pls 1-17. [52] [junior primary homonym of Goniodes elongatus Piaget, 1880].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ 3♀ (all ♀ probably lost), locality unknown.

  Type host:

   Coturnix chinensis victoriae (Mathews, 1912)
• Goniodes longus Le Souëf, S.A. 1902. Descriptions of some new species of Mallophaga from Australian birds. - Part IV. Victorian Naturalist 19(6): 90-91 [90] [genus incorrectly spelt as Gonoides in original description; junior primary homonym of Goniodes longus Rudow, 1869].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀, VIC.

  Type host:

   Coturnix chinensis victoriae (Mathews, 1912)

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clay, T. 1940. A revision of the genera and species of Mallophaga occurring on Gallinaceous hosts. Part II. Goniodes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London B 110: 1-120 [100]

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), 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), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Coturnix chinensis victoriae (Mathews, 1912) [PHASIANIDAE] King Quail; Coturnix chinensis colletti (Mathews, 1912) [PHASIANIDAE] King Quail).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Johnston, T.H. & Harrison, L. 1912. A census of Australian Mallophaga. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 24: 1-15 [8] (Australian record)

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