• Ornithobius Denny, H. 1842. Monographia Anoplurorum Britanniae. London : Henry G. Bohn xxiv 262 pp. pls 1-26. [60, 183] [introduced as a subgenus of Philopterus Nitzsch, 1818].

  Type species:

   Pediculus cygni Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Johnston, T.H. & Harrison, L. 1911. Notes on some Mallophagan generic names. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 36(2): 321-328 [326].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide except polar regions.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), 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), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), 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), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), 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)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Lipeurus bucephalus Giebel, C.G.A. 1874. Insecta epizoa. Die auf Säugetieren und Vögeln schmarotzenden Insecten nach Chr. L. Nitzsch's Nachlass bearbeitet. Leipzig : O. Wiegand xvi 308 pp. pls 1-20. [239].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ (probably lost), locality unknown.

  Type host:

   Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789)

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Host record only.

Introduced from Europe.

IBRA

Tas, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Cygnus (Cygnus) olor (Gmelin, 1789) [ANATIDAE] Mute Swan).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Murray, M.D., Palma, R.L. & Pilgrim, R.L.C. 1990. Ectoparasites of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds. pp. 1365-1374 in Marchant, S. & Higgins, P.J. (eds). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Melbourne : Oxford University Press Vol. 1. [1374] (Australasian record)

Timmermann, G. 1962. Gruppen-Revisionen bei Mallophagen. V. Zur näheren Kennzeichnung des Ornithobius-Komplexes (Philopteridae), parasitisch bei Entenvögeln. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 22: 133-147 [136] (systematics, illustration)

History of changes

• Pediculus cygni Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [612] [name erected for Redi's 'Pollino del cigno'].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH 119 ♀, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1950. The early literature on Mallophaga (part I. 1758–1762). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 1(3): 221-272 pls 1-2 [237].

  Type locality references:

  Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1950. The early literature on Mallophaga (part I. 1758–1762). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 1(3): 221-272 pls 1-2 [237].

  Type host:

   Cygnus cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758)

  Secondary source:

   Hopkins, G.H.E. & Clay, T. 1952. A Checklist of the Genera & Species of Mallophaga. London : Trustees of the British Museum 362 pp. [253].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Europe.

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), 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), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758) [ANATIDAE] Whooper Swan).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

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 [20] (Australian records)

Timmermann, G. 1962. Gruppen-Revisionen bei Mallophagen. V. Zur näheren Kennzeichnung des Ornithobius-Komplexes (Philopteridae), parasitisch bei Entenvögeln. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 22: 133-147 [139] (systematics, illustrations)

History of changes

• Ornithobius fuscus Le Souëf, S.A. 1902. Descriptions of some new species of Mallophaga from Australian birds. - Part IV. Victorian Naturalist 19(6): 90-91 [91].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ (probably lost), VIC.

  Type host:

   Cygnus atratus (Latham, 1790)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), 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), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), 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), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), 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): Cygnus (Chenopis) atratus (Latham, 1790) [ANATIDAE] Black Swan).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Green, R.H. & Palma, R.L. 1991. A list of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) recorded from Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 100: 1-43 [16] (Australian record)

Timmermann, G. 1962. Gruppen-Revisionen bei Mallophagen. V. Zur näheren Kennzeichnung des Ornithobius-Komplexes (Philopteridae), parasitisch bei Entenvögeln. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 22: 133-147 [137] (systematics, illustrations)

History of changes