Species Lunaceps falcinellus Timmermann, 1954

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lunaceps falcinellus Timmermann, G. 1954. Studies on Mallophaga from the collections of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.), London. 1. A preliminary survey of the genus Lunaceps (Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1939). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 7: 623-637.

Introduction

For full synonymy see Gustafsson & Olsson (2012: 24)

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic, WA: Dampierland (DL), South East Coastal Plain (SCP)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Limicola falcinellus sibirica Dresser, 1876 [SCOLOPACIDAE] Broad-billed Sandpiper; Calidris (Erolia) ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) [SCOLOPACIDAE] Curlew Sandpiper; Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) [SCOLOPACIDAE] Red-necked Stint).

General References

Gustafsson, D.R. & Olsson, U. 2012. The “Very Thankless Task”: Revision of Lunaceps Clay and Meinertzhagen, 1939 (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae), with descriptions of six new species and one new subspecies. Zootaxa 3377: 1–85 [24]

History of changes