Species Heterodoxus closei Barker, 1991

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• Heterodoxus closei Barker, S.C. 1991. Taxonomic review of the Heterodoxus octoseriatus group (Phthiraptera: Boopiidae) from rock-wallabies with the description of three new species. Systematic Parasitology 19: 1-16 [7].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC S630 ♂, The Pyramids, 'Alehvale' Station, via Croydon, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC S625 ♂ 2♀; QM S625 2♂ 2♀; QM S628 ♂; BMNH S630 2♂ ♀.

  Type host:

   Petrogale assimilis Ramsay, 1877 [MACROPODIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Petrogale assimilis Ramsay, 1877 [MACROPODIDAE] Allied Rock-wallaby), sanguinivore.

General References

Barker, S.C. 1991. Evolution of host-parasite associations among species of lice and rock-wallabies: coevolution? (J.F.A. Sprent Prize Lecture, August 1990). International Journal for Parasitology 21: 497-501 (evolution of host associations)

Barker, S.C. 1991. Phylogeny of the Heterodoxus octoseriatus group (Phthiraptera: Boopiidae) from rock-wallabies (Marsupialia: Petrogale). Systematic Parasitology 19: 17-24 (phylogeny-morphological)

Barker, S.C. 1991. Taxonomic review of the Heterodoxus octoseriatus group (Phthiraptera: Boopiidae) from rock-wallabies with the description of three new species. Systematic Parasitology 19: 1-16 (taxonomy)

Barker, S.C., Briscoe, D.A., Close, R.L. & Dallas, P. 1991. Genetic variation in the Heterodoxus octoseriatus group (Phthiraptera): a test of Price's model of parasite evolution. International Journal for Parasitology 21: 555-563 (genetics)

Barker, S.C., Briscoe, D.A. & Close, R.L. 1992. Phylogeny inferred from allozymes in the Heterodoxus octoseriatus group of species (Phthiraptera: Boopiidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 411-422 (phylogeny-molecular)

Barker, S.C. & Close, R.L. 1990. Zoogeography and host associations of the Heterodoxus octoseriatus group and H. ampullatus (Phthiraptera: Boopiidae) from rock-wallabies (Marsupialia: Petrogale). International Journal for Parasitology 20: 1081-1087 (zoogeography and host associations)

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