Species Heterodoxus quadriseriatus Kéler, 1971

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• Heterodoxus quadriseriatus Kéler, S. von 1971. A revision of the Australasian Boopiidae (Insecta: Phthiraptera) with notes on the Trimenoponidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 6: 3-126 [62].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 1496/72 ♂, Bald Is., WA.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 1505/91 ♂ ♀; BMNH 1496/73 ♂; ANIC 1496/74 ♂ ♀; ANIC 1496/75 ♂ ♀; ANIC 1496/76 ♂ ♀; ANIC 1496/74 ♂ ♀; ANIC 1496/75 ♂ ♀; ANIC 1496/76 ♂ ♀; BMNH 1497/14 ♂; BMNH 1497/15 ♂ ♀.

  Type host:

   Setonix brachyurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) [MACROPODIDAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Setonix brachyurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) [MACROPODIDAE] Quokka), sanguinivore.

General References

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

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