Species Menacanthus stramineus (Nitzsch, 1818)
Poultry Body Louse
- Pediculus meleagridis Panzer, G.W.F. 1798. Faunae insectorum germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insecten. Nuremberg : Felssecker Pt 51 60-67 pls 17-24. [51] [junior primary homonym and junior objective synonym of
Pediculus meleagridis Linnaeus, 1758].Type data:
Neotype BMNH 646 ♂, Windermere, England.Subsequent designation references:
Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1960. The early literature on Mallophaga (part IV, 1787–1818). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 9(1): 1-61 pls 1-6 [10, 48].Type locality references:
Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1960. The early literature on Mallophaga (part IV, 1787–1818). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 9(1): 1-61 pls 1-6 [48].Type host:
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus, 1758 - Liotheum (Menopon) stramineum Nitzsch, C.L. 1818. Die Familien und Gattungen der Theierinsekten (insecta epizoica); als ein Prodromus einer Naturgeschichte derselben. Magazin der Entomologie 3: 261-318 [300] [nom. nov. for
Pediculus meleagridis Panzer, 1798].Type data:
Syntype(s). - Menopon biseriatum Piaget, E. 1880. Les Pédiculines. Essai Monographique. Leide : E.J. Brill xxxix 714 pp. pls 1-56. [469].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 397a ♂, locality unknown.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 3♀ juveniles; RMNH ♂ ♀.Subsequent designation references:
Clay, T. 1949. Systematic notes on the Piaget collections of Mallophaga. - Pt I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 2: 811-838, 895-921 [820].Type host:
Porphyrio porphyrio bellus Gould, 1840 [RALLIDAE]
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Emerson, K.C. 1956. Mallophaga (chewing lice) occurring on the domestic chicken. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 29(2): 63-79 [77]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Introduced.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Ectoparasitic (host(s): Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) [PHASIANIDAE] Red Junglefowl; Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus, 1758 [PHASIANIDAE] Wild Turkey).
General References
Balter, R.S. 1968. The microtopography of avian lice eggs. Medical & Biological Illustration 18(3): 166-179 [176] (egg illustrations)
Crutchfield, C.M. & Hixson, H. 1943. Food habits of several species of poultry lice with special reference to blood consumption. Florida Entomologist 26(4): 63-66 (haematophagy)
Derylo, A. 1970. Mallophaga as a reservoir of Pasteurella multocida. Acta Parasitologica Polonica 17(35): 301-313 (disease vector)
Emerson, K.C. 1956. Mallophaga (chewing lice) occurring on the domestic chicken. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 29(2): 63-79 [77] (systematics, illustrations, Australian record)
Johnston, T.H. & Harrison, L. 1912. A list of Mallophaga found on introduced and domesticated animals in Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 24: 17-22 [18] (Australian records)
Ryder, W.D. 1967. The dispersal of certain species of Mallophaga which infest the domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus. Journal of Applied Ecology 4(2): 309-323 (ecology)
Stockdale, H.J. & Raun, E.S. 1965. Biology of the chicken body louse, Menacanthus stramineus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 58(6): 802-805 (life history)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-Sep-2023 | Phthiraptera | 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Alice Wells (ABRS) |
| 28-Sep-2022 | Phthiraptera | 26-Jul-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 19-Jul-2012 | 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED |