Species Heterodoxus spiniger (Enderlein, 1909)
- Menopon spiniger Enderlein, G. 1909. Anoplurren (Siphunculaten) und Mallophagen. In Schultze, L. (ed.) Zoologisch und Anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungreise in Südafrika Vol. 2 Pt 2. [Denkschr. Med. Naturw. Ges. Jena 14:79–81] [80].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMH 902 1331/39–2 ♂, Kalahari, Sekgoma.
Paralectotype(s); ZMB 902; ZMB 1331/39–2; ZMB 1331/39–2; ZMB 1331/39–7 4♀.Subsequent designation references:
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 [64].Type locality references:
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.Type host:
Canis (Canis) familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] (given as 'house dog', presumably Canis (Canis) familiaris)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also all other continents between about 40ºN and 40ºS.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Ectoparasitic (host(s): Macropus agilis (Gould, 1842) [MACROPODIDAE] Agile Wallaby; Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Domestic Dog; Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] Swamp Wallaby), sanguinivore.
Extra Ecological Information
Host status of Swamp Wallaby queried <8218>—numerous other hosts especially canids and felids, see <8010>; <8034>.
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)
Plomley, N.J.B. 1940. Notes on the systematics of two species of Heterodoxus (Mallophaga, Boopidae). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1939: 19-26 [3rd June 1940] [19] (as Heterodoxus spiniger (Enderlein, 1909))
Thompson, G.B. 1940. The distribution of Heterodoxus spiniger (Enderlein). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1939: 27-31 [3rd June 1940] (geographic distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-Sep-2023 | Phthiraptera | 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Alice Wells (ABRS) |
| 28-Sep-2022 | Phthiraptera | 26-Jul-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 19-Jul-2012 | 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED |