Species Hoogstraalia vandiemeni Smit, 1958

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Species Hoogstraalia vandiemeni Smit, 1958

Hoogstraalia vandiemeni Smit, F.G.A.M. 1958. A new bird-flea from Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 173-180 [173].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (E.W. Ferguson Coll.), Mt Wellington, TAS.
Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ (E.W. Ferguson Coll.); BMNH ♂.
Type host:
Acanthornis magnus (Gould, 1855) [PARDALOTIDAE] (ex nest of Acanthornis magnus as Acanthornis magna)

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Pachycephala (Timixos) olivacea Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 [PACHYCEPHALIDAE] Olive Whistler; Sericornis (Sericornis) frontalis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) [PARDALOTIDAE] White-browed Scrubwren; Acanthornis magnus (Gould, 1855) [PARDALOTIDAE] Scrubtit; Zoothera (Zoothera) lunulata (Latham, 1801) [TURDIDAE] Bassian Thrush), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred hosts passerine birds and their nests, possible nest flea of passerines as are other members of the genus.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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