Species Quadraceps auratus (Haan, 1829)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Philopterus (Docophorus) auratus Haan, M.W. 1829. Mallophaga. pp. 309-311 in Lyonet, P. (ed.). Anatomie des différentes espèces d'insectes. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 18: 262-311 pls 12-13 [310].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH ♀, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, England.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Hopkins, G.H.E. 1949. Stray notes on Mallophaga. - IX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 2: 29-54 pls 1-3 [31].

  Type locality references:

  Hopkins, G.H.E. 1949. Stray notes on Mallophaga. - IX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 2: 29-54 pls 1-3 [31].

  Type host:

   Haematopus ostralegus occidentalis Neumann, 1929

  Secondary source:

   Hopkins, G.H.E. & Clay, T. 1952. A Checklist of the Genera & Species of Mallophaga. London : Trustees of the British Museum 362 pp. [309].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumaustralian*.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld, Tas, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Haematopus longirostris Vieillot, 1817 [HAEMATOPODIDAE] Pied Oystercatcher; Haematopus fuliginosus Gould, 1845 [HAEMATOPODIDAE] Sooty Oystercatcher).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

 

General References

Clay, T. 1981. The ischnoceran lice (Phthiraptera) of the oystercatchers (Aves: Haematopodidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 59(6): 933-938 [936] (host-parasite relationships)

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 [18] (Australian records)

 

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