Species Halipeurus spadix Timmermann, 1961

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• Halipeurus spadix Timmermann, G. 1961. Gruppen-Revisionen bei Mallophagen. II. Genus Halipeurus Thompson 1936. 2. Teil: Die Halipeurus-Arten der Wasserscherer (Puffininae), Sturmtaucher (Pelecanoididae) und Sturmschwalben (Hydrobatidae). Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 20: 401-419 [409].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 12683 ♂, California.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀ (♀ labelled as allotype).

  Type host:

   Puffinus opisthomelas Coues, 1864

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Puffinus gavia (Forster, 1844) [PROCELLARIIDAE] Fluttering Shearwater).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Green, R.H. & Palma, R.L. 1991. A list of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) recorded from Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 100: 1-43 [14] (Australian record)

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 [142] (systematics, illustrations)

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