Species Lipeurus crassus Rudow, 1869
- Lipeurus crassus Rudow, F. 1869. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Mallophagen oder Pelzfresser. Neue exotische Arten der Familie Philopterus. Dissertation Universität Leipzig 47 pp. [31].
Type data:
Neotype BMNH 4565 ♂, NSW.Subsequent designation references:
Clay, T. 1938. A revision of the genera and species of Mallophaga occurring on Gallinaceous hosts. Part I. Lipeurus and related genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London B 108: 109-204 pls 1-14 [133].Type locality references:
Clay, T. 1938. A revision of the genera and species of Mallophaga occurring on Gallinaceous hosts. Part I. Lipeurus and related genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London B 108: 109-204 pls 1-14 [133].Type host:
Alectura lathami lathami J.E. Gray, 1831
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Ectoparasitic (host(s): Alectura lathami lathami J.E. Gray, 1831 [MEGAPODIIDAE] Australian Brush-turkey).
Extra Ecological Information
Feather-feeder.
General References
Clay, T. 1938. A revision of the genera and species of Mallophaga occurring on Gallinaceous hosts. Part I. Lipeurus and related genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London B 108: 109-204 pls 1-14 [131] (systematics, illustrations, Australian records)
History of changes
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15-Sep-2023 | Phthiraptera | 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Alice Wells (ABRS) |
28-Sep-2022 | Phthiraptera | 26-Jul-2023 | MODIFIED | |
18-Apr-2016 | PHILOPTERIDAE | 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED | |
19-Jul-2012 | 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED |