Subspecies Myrsidea schizotergum schizotergum Klockenhoff, 1972

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• Myrsidea schizotergum schizotergum Klockenhoff, H.F. 1972. Zur Taxonomie der auf der Salvadorikrähe Corvus orru lebenden Mallophagen-Gattung Myrsidea Waterston, 1915. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 23: 253-266 [258].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Townsville, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 4♂ 6♀ (paratype series split between ANIC, BMNH); BMNH 4♂ 6♀ (paratype series split between ANIC, BMNH).

  Type host:

   Stictonetta naevosa (Gould, 1841) [ANATIDAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

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, illustrations)

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