Species Paraclisis diomedeae (J.C. Fabricius, 1775)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pediculus diomedeae Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [808].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH 309 ♂, São Paulo, Brazil.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Clay, T. 1940. Anoplura. Scientific Reports. British Graham Land Expedition 1934–1937 1(5): 295-318 pl. 1 [302].

  Type locality references:

  Clay, T. 1940. Anoplura. Scientific Reports. British Graham Land Expedition 1934–1937 1(5): 295-318 pl. 1 [302].

  Type host:

   Diomedea melanophrys Temminck, 1828

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Macquarie Is., Aust. Antarctic. Terr., Heard Is.*.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Macquarie Island Province (24), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Thalassarche melanophris melanophris (Temminck, 1828) [DIOMEDEIDAE] Black-browed Albatross; Diomedea bulleri Rothschild, 1893 [DIOMEDEIDAE] Buller's Albatross; Thalassarche chrysostoma (J.R. Forster, 1775) [DIOMEDEIDAE] Grey-headed Albatross; Phoebetria palpebrafa (Forster, 1785) [DIOMEDEIDAE] Light-mantled Sooty Albatross; Thalassarche cauta cauta (Gould, 1841) [DIOMEDEIDAE] Shy Albatross; Phoebetria fusca (Hilsenberg, 1822) [DIOMEDEIDAE] Sooty Albatross).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

 

General References

Clay, T. & Moreby, C. 1967. Mallophaga (biting lice) and Anoplura (sucking lice). Part 2: Keys and locality lists of Mallophaga and Anoplura. 10. pp. 157–196 in Gressitt, J.L. (ed.) Antarctic Research Series. Washington D.C. : American Geophysical Union. [162] (Australian record)

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 records)

Kéler, S. von 1956. Die Mallophagen von Sturmvögeln und Rudderfüssern. I. Harrisoniella Bedford und Perineus Thompson (Mallophaga). Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 6(5/6): 521-534 [522] (distribution, illustrations)

 

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
18-Apr-2016	PHILOPTERIDAE	15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED
		15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED