Species Macropophila forcipata Mjöberg, 1919

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• Macropophila forcipata Mjöberg, E. 1919. Preliminary description of a new family and three new genera of Mallophaga. Entomologisk Tidskrift 40: 93-96 [95] [the validity of this species cannot be determined because: (i) the types have apparently been lost, (ii) the original description is incomplete and lacks diagrams, and (iii) the specimen obtained by Kéler (1971) from the original host skin (the skin from which the type specimens were collected) was an immature female (females have fewer taxonomic characters than males)) ,Barker, S.C. in Palma, R.L. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Phthiraptera. pp. 81–247, 333–361, 373–396 in Wells, A. (ed). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 26. Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown at least ♂ and ♀ (?lost, see 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), probably Cedar Creek, QLD.

  Type host:

   Thylogale stigmatica (Gould, 1860) [MACROPODIDAE]

  Secondary source:

   Barker, S.C. in Palma, R.L. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Phthiraptera. pp. 81-247, 333-361, 373-396 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 26. Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xiii 418 pp.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Thylogale stigmatica (Gould, 1860) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-legged Pademelon), sanguinivore.

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