Subspecies Myrsidea australiensis mellori Klockenhoff, 1973

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• Myrsidea australiensis mellori Klockenhoff, H.F. 1973. Zur Taxonomie einiger auf Rabenvögeln lebenden Federlinge der Gattung Myrsidea (Mallophaga). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 24: 399-416 [412].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Tonga, NSW (as 'Tonganmain' (Palma in Palma & Barker, 1996)).
  Paratype(s) BMNH 6♂ 5♀.

  Type locality references:

  Palma, R.L. in Palma, R.L. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Phthiraptera. pp. 81-247, 333-361, 373-376 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 26. Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xiii 418 pp.

  Type host:

   Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912 [CORVIDAE] Little Raven).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

 

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