Species Podargoecus papuensis Emerson & Price, 1966

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• Podargoecus papuensis Emerson, K.C. & Price, R.D. 1966. A new genus and two new species of Ischnocera occurring on frogmouths (Podargidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 68(3): 224-227 [225].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM 975 ♂, Wau Creek, Morobe District, New Guinea.
  Paratype(s) BPBM (34 specimens, number of each sex unspecified; one ♀ in BPBM labelled as allotype, paratype series split between BPBM, USNM, BMNH, KU, EFWM, OSUS); USNM (34 specimens, number of each sex unspecified; one ♀ in BPBM labelled as allotype, paratype series split between BPBM, USNM, BMNH, KU, EFWM, OSUS); BMNH (34 specimens, number of each sex unspecified; one ♀ in BPBM labelled as allotype, paratype series split between BPBM, USNM, BMNH, KU, EFWM, OSUS); KU (34 specimens, number of each sex unspecified; one ♀ in BPBM labelled as allotype, paratype series split between BPBM, USNM, BMNH, KU, EFWM, OSUS); EFWM (34 specimens, number of each sex unspecified; one ♀ in BPBM labelled as allotype, paratype series split between BPBM, USNM, BMNH, KU, EFWM, OSUS); OSUS (34 specimens, number of each sex unspecified; one ♀ in BPBM labelled as allotype, paratype series split between BPBM, USNM, BMNH, KU, EFWM, OSUS).

  Type host:

   Podargus papuensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), 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), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Podargus papuensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 [PODARGIDAE] Papuan Frogmouth).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

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