Subspecies Anaticola crassicornis crassicornis (Scopoli, 1763)
- Pediculus crassicornis Scopoli, G.A. 1763. Entomologia Carniolica, exhibens Insecta Carniolæ indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates, methodo Linnæana. Vindobonae [=Vienna] : Trattner xxxvi 420 pp. [383].
Type data:
Neotype BMNH 4242 ♂, NE Poland.Subsequent designation references:
Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1951. The early literature on Mallophaga (part II, 1763–1775). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 2(1): 1-37 pls 1-3 [19].Type locality references:
Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1951. The early literature on Mallophaga (part II, 1763–1775). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 2(1): 1-37 pls 1-3 [19].Type host:
Malacorhynchos membranaceus Latham, 1801 [ANATIDAE] - Pediculus anatis Schrank, F. 1781. Enumeratio insectorum Austriae indigenorum. Augustae Vindelicorum : Klett ix 548 pp. pls 1-4. [503].
Type data:
Neotype BMNH 4242 ♂, NE Poland.Subsequent designation references:
Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1954. The early literature on Mallophaga (part III, 1776–1786). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 3(6): 223-266 pls 10-12 [255].Type locality references:
Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1954. The early literature on Mallophaga (part III, 1776–1786). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 3(6): 223-266 pls 10-12 [255].Type host:
Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 - Pediculus anatis Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae : Proft et Storch ii 573 pp. [571] [junior primary homonym of
Pediculus anatis Schrank, 1781].Type data:
Neotype BMNH 4242 ♂, NE Poland.Subsequent designation references:
Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1960. The early literature on Mallophaga (part IV, 1787–1818). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 9(1): 1-61 pls 1-6 [10].Type locality references:
Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1951. The early literature on Mallophaga (part II, 1763–1775). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 2(1): 1-37 pls 1-3 [19].Type host:
Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758Secondary source:
Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1960. The early literature on Mallophaga (part IV, 1787–1818). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 9(1): 1-61 pls 1-6 [10]. - Philopterus (Lipeurus) squalidus Nitzsch, C.L. 1818. Die Familien und Gattungen der Theierinsekten (insecta epizoica); als ein Prodromus einer Naturgeschichte derselben. Magazin der Entomologie 3: 261-318 [292] [unnecessary nom. nov. for
Pediculus anatis J.C. Fabricius, 1798].Type data:
Syntype(s). - Lipeurus squalidus major Piaget, E. 1880. Les Pédiculines. Essai Monographique. Leide : E.J. Brill xxxix 714 pp. pls 1-56. [346].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 2♀, Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia.Type locality references:
Thompson, G.B. 1938. The Piaget collection of Mallophaga. - Part IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 2: 339-343 [342].Type host:
Anas gracilis Buller, 1869
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hopkins, G.H.E. & Clay, T. 1952. A Checklist of the Genera & Species of Mallophaga. London : Trustees of the British Museum 362 pp. [30, 34]
- Palma, R.L. in Palma, R.L. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Phthiraptera. pp. 81-247, 333-361, 373-376 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 26. Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xiii 418 pp. (adds Lipeurus squalidus major Piaget, 1880)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Macquarie Is.*.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), 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), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), 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), Pine Creek (PCK), 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), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), 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): Anas rhynchotis Latham, 1801 [ANATIDAE] Australasian Shoveler; Anas gracilis Buller, 1869 [ANATIDAE] Grey Teal; Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 [ANATIDAE] Mallard; Cairina moschata (Linnaeus, 1758) [ANATIDAE] Muscovy Duck; Anas (Anas) superciliosa Gmelin, 1789 [ANATIDAE] Pacific Black Duck; Malacorhynchus membranaceus (Latham, 1801) [ANATIDAE] Pink-eared Duck; Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758) [ANATIDAE] Whooper Swan).
Extra Ecological Information
Feather-feeder.
General References
Eichler, W. & Vasjukova, T.T. 1980. Die Mallophagengattung. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 27(4/5): 335-375 pls 17-31 (systematics, illustrations)
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 [10] (Australian record)
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 [19] (Australian records)
Rudolph, D. 1983. The water-vapour uptake of the Phthiraptera. Journal of Insect Physiology 29(1): 15-25 (physiology)
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 |