Species Ortholfersia macleayi (Leach, 1817)
- Feronia macleayi Leach, W.E. 1817. On the genera and species of eproboscideous insects. Edinburgh : Neill & Co. 20 pp. [Date published September] [12].
Type data:
Holotype no sex, no host given, type apparently lost, "Australasia". - Ortholfersia raveni Ferris, G.F. 1924. Report upon a collection of insect ectoparasites from Australian and Tasmanian mammals. (Diptera Pupipara. Siphonaptera). American Museum Novitates 110: 7 p. [Date published 21 April] [4-5].
Type data:
Holotype ♀ (-.x.1921, off "Macropus" sp., type not traceable in Stanford University), NSW, Glen Ferneigh (?Fernleigh).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Maa, T.C. 1962. Notes on the Hippoboscidae (Diptera), 1. Pacific Insects 4: 583-614 [Date published 10 October] [607-608]
Generic Combinations
- Ortholfersia macleayi (Leach, 1817). —
Maa, T.C. 1962. Notes on the Hippoboscidae (Diptera), 1. Pacific Insects 4: 583-614 [Date published 10 October] [607-608]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Distribution References
- Paramonov, S.J. 1954. Notes on Australian Diptera (XIII-XV). XIV. Notes on some hippoboscids (especially Ortholfersia). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12) 7: 283-292 [Date published 13 April] [287-288]
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: ectoparasitic (host(s): Macropus dorsalis (Gray, 1837) [MACROPODIDAE] Black-striped Wallaby (as Halmaturus dorsalis); Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 [MACROPODIDAE] Eastern Grey Kangaroo (as Macropus major); Thylogale thetis (Lesson, 1827) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Pademelon; Macropus parryi (Bennett, 1835) [MACROPODIDAE] Whiptail Wallaby (as Protemnodon elegans Lambert); Macropus sp. [MACROPODIDAE] kangaroos and wallabies).
General References
Maa, T.C. 1962. Notes on the Hippoboscidae (Diptera), 1. Pacific Insects 4: 583-614 [Date published 10 October] [607-608]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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02-Apr-2020 | HIPPOBOSCIDAE Samouelle, 1819 | 02-Apr-2020 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson (AM) |
02-May-2019 | SCHIZOPHORA Becher, 1882 | 27-Feb-2020 | MODIFIED | |
01-Feb-2019 | DIPTERA Linnaeus, 1758 | 02-Apr-2020 | MODIFIED | |
19-Dec-2011 | 02-Apr-2020 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |