Species Plegadiphilus threskiornis Bedford, 1939

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• Plegadiphilus threskiornis Bedford, G.A.H. 1939. Notes on Menoponidae (Mallophaga) with descriptions of new genera and species. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry 12(1): 121-152 [139].

  Type data:

   Holotype OCSA ♀, Emakosini, Natal (as Zululand), South Africa.
  Paratype(s) OCSA ♂ (labelled as allotype).

  Type host:

   Threskiornis aethiopicus (Latham, 1790)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Threskiornis molucca (Cuvier, 1829) [THRESKIORNITHIDAE] Australian White Ibis).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Ledger, J.A. 1971. Notes on the genus Plegadiphilus (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) with description of a new species. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 34(1): 89-99 (systematics, illustrations)

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