Species Lipeurus sinuatus Taschenberg, 1882

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• Lipeurus sinuatus Taschenberg, O. 1882. Die mallophagen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Dr. Meyer gesammelten Arten systematisch bearbeitet. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 44(1): 1-244 pls 1-7 [180].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (probably lost), locality unknown.

  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 [130] (for restriction of type host).

  Type host:

   Megapodius reinwardt reinwardt Dumont, 1823

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Megapodius (Megapodius) reinwardt tumulus Gould, 1842 [MEGAPODIIDAE] Orange-footed Scrubfowl; Megapodius reinwardt yorki Mathews, 1829 [MEGAPODIIDAE] Orange-footed Scrubfowl).

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 [130] (systematics, illustrations, Australian records)

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