Species Philopterus turdi (Denny, 1842)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Docophorus turdi Denny, H. 1842. Monographia Anoplurorum Britanniae. London : Henry G. Bohn xxiv 262 pp. pls 1-26. [43, 76].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 2♀, locality unknown.

  Type host:

   Turdus philomelos Brehm, 1831
• Docophorus merulae Denny, H. 1842. Monographia Anoplurorum Britanniae. London : Henry G. Bohn xxiv 262 pp. pls 1-26. [47, 106].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ 7♀, locality unknown.

  Type host:

   Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 [TURDIDAE] Eurasian Blackbird; Turdus philomelos Brehm, 1831 [TURDIDAE] Song Thrush).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

 

General References

Nelson, B.C. 1969. Bird ectoparasites from Norfolk Island. The Australian Zoologist 15(2): 199-200 [199] (Australian record)

 

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