Species Piagetiella africana (Bedford, 1931)
- Tetrophthalmus africanus Bedford, G.A.H. 1931. Descriptions of three new species of Tetrophthalmus (Mallophaga) found on pelicans. Parasitology 23(2): 236-242 [236].
Type data:
Holotype OCSA ♀, Zoological Gardens, Pretoria, South Africa.
Paratype(s) ♂.Type host:
Pelecanus rufescens Gmelin, 1789 - Tetrophthalmus australis Bedford, G.A.H. 1931. Descriptions of three new species of Tetrophthalmus (Mallophaga) found on pelicans. Parasitology 23(2): 236-242 [236].
Type data:
Holotype OCSA ♀, Lake Cowal, NSW (as 'Lake Courel').
Paratype(s) ♂.Type locality references:
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.Type host:
Dendrocygna eytoni (Eyton, 1838) [ANATIDAE]
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Price, R.D. 1970. The Piagetiella (Mallophaga: Menoponidae) of the Pelecaniformes. The Canadian Entomologist 102(4): 389-404 [394]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
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): Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck, 1824 [PELECANIDAE] Australian Pelican).
Extra Ecological Information
Feather-feeder.
General References
Eichler, W. 1963. Mallophaga. pp. viii 1-290 in Bronns, H.G. (ed.). Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs. Arthropoda. III. Insecta. 7b, Phthiraptera. Leipzig : Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Geest & Portig K.-G. [114] (ecology)
Price, R.D. 1970. The Piagetiella (Mallophaga: Menoponidae) of the Pelecaniformes. The Canadian Entomologist 102(4): 389-404 [394] (systematics, illustrations)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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15-Sep-2023 | Phthiraptera | 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Alice Wells (ABRS) |
28-Sep-2022 | Phthiraptera | 26-Jul-2023 | MODIFIED | |
19-Jul-2012 | 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED |