Species Halipeurus thompsoni Edwards, 1961

• Halipeurus (Halipeurus) thompsoni 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 [147].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 43 ♂, Valparaíso, Chile.
  Paratype(s) AMNH ♂ 2♀ (one ♀ labelled as allotype).

  Type locality references:

  Palma, R.L. in Palma, R.L. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Phthiraptera. pp. 81-247, 333-361, 373-376 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 26. Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xiii 418 pp.

  Type host:

   Puffinus bulleri Salvin, 1888

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Puffinus bulleri Salvin, 1888 [PROCELLARIIDAE] Buller's 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 [145] (systematics)

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