Species Latumcephalum macropus Le Souëf, 1902

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Regional Maps

• Latumcephalum macropus Le Souëf, S.A. 1902. Descriptions of some new mallophaga from marsupials. Victorian Naturalist 19: 50-51 [51].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH BM 737,1518/13 ♂, Melbourne Zoo, Melbourne, VIC.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 738–740 3♀ (no numbers on slides).

  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 [73].

  Type host:

   Macropus dorsalis (Gray, 1837) [MACROPODIDAE] (but may be an unnatural host)

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Macropus dorsalis (Gray, 1837) [MACROPODIDAE] Black-striped Wallaby; Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] Swamp Wallaby), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Status of both species as hosts queried <8218>.

History of changes