Species Pectinopygus aquaticus Clay, 1973

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• Pectinopygus aquaticus Clay, T. 1973. The species groups of Pectinopygus (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 29(4): 203-223 pls 1-3 [210].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 4392 ♂, NSW.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 4♂ 3♀.

  Type host:

   Anhinga melanogaster rufa (Daudin, 1802)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), 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), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Anhinga melanogaster (Pennant, 1769) [ANHINGIDAE] Darter).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

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