Species Halipeurus placodus Edwards, 1961

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• Halipeurus (Halipeurus) placodus Edwards, R.L. 1961. Studies of the Philopteridae (Mallophaga) from the birds of the order Procellariformes [sic]. 1. The genus Halipeurus. Journal of Parasitology 47(1): 125-157 [141].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ RLE-43 ♂, West Wallaby Is., QLD.
  Paratype(s) MCZ ♂ 2♀ (one ♀ labelled as allotype).

  Type host:

   Puffinus assimilis tunneyi Mathews, 1912

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Puffinus (Puffinus) assimilis Gould, 1838 [PROCELLARIIDAE] Little Shearwater).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Timmermann, G. 1965. Die Federlingsfauna der Sturmvögel und die Phylogenese des procellariiformen Vogelstammes. Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 8(suppl.): 1-245 pls 1-12 [144] (systematics, distribution)

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