Subspecies Myrsidea schizotergum arafura Klockenhoff, 1972

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• Myrsidea schizotergum arafura Klockenhoff, H.F. 1972. Zur Taxonomie der auf der Salvadorikrähe Corvus orru lebenden Mallophagen-Gattung Myrsidea Waterston, 1915. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 23: 253-266 [261].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Smith Point, Port Essington, NT.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 3♂ ♀ (paratype series split between ANIC, BMNH); BMNH 3♂ ♀ (paratype series split between ANIC, BMNH).

  Type host:

   Corvus orru cecilae Mathews, 1912

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), 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), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), 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), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Corvus orru cecilae Mathews, 1912 [CORVIDAE] Torresian Crow]).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Klockenhoff, H.F. 1980. Myrsidea karyi (Mallophaga: Menoponidae), a new species from Corvus orru (Passeriformes: Corvidae). Pacific Insects 22(1–2): 115-122 (systematics)

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